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Language name Apalai Aparai
Language name Anejom
THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 232
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different) ane�om�
Language family Cariban
Language family Austronesian Southern Oceanic
Spoken in Brazil
Spoken in Aneityum (Vanuatu)
Approximate number of speakers 350
Approximate number of speakers 800
Writing system Roman
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-penultimate
Stress word-penultimate mora
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6�nasality (6)
Said to have how many vowels? 5�length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony optional vowel-height harmony
Morphology agglutinative word-based for
nouns, stembased
for verbs
Morphology isolating and word-based
agglutinative
Particular formation types prefix; partial prefixed and full reduplication; suffix
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; partial prefixed reduplication;
suffix; synaffix
Syntax
Syntax
Word order OVS NA postpositions
PossN
Word order VOS NA prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive/exclusive 1st plural; noun classes; serial verbs;
trial
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect
Points of interest particularly complex pronoun system; no overt
coordination markers; shape of object determines
relative postposition
Points of interest
Sources Lynch (2000, 2002a)
Annamite see Vietnamese
Sources Asher (1994), Koehn & Koehn (1986)
Aparai see Apalai