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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 228
Language name Acooli Acholi ə��əυli
Language name Abkhaz əep�hɑ�z
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Nilo-Saharan Nilotic
Language family Caucasian NW Caucasian
Spoken in Uganda, Sudan
Spoken in Georgia
Approximate number of speakers 674k
Approximate number of speakers 90k
Writing system Roman
Writing system Cyrillic�extra letters
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Contains following rare retroflex
consonant (types)
Stress
Contains following rare retroflex, uvular, pharyngeal; ejective
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 11�2 degrees of length
Said to have how many vowels? 2
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone register
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony limited height harmony
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Particular formation types prefix; partial prefixed and full reduplication;
suffix; tone used morphologically
Particular formation types dvandva; prefix; full reduplication
Syntax
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Word order SOV NA postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena conjugation classes
Particular syntactic phenomena absolutive/ergative; evidentials; gender; morphological
aspect; inclusive/exclusive 1st plural
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Asher (1994), Crazzolara (1955)
Sources Campbell (1991), Haspelmath et al. (2005), Hewitt &
Khiba (1979), Lyovin (1997)
Acholi see Acooli