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233 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Arabic ��rəb�k
Language name Arabana- ��rəb�nə
Wangganguru �w�ŋɡəŋ�u�ru�
Autonym (if known and different) Al Arabiya
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Afro-Asiatic Semitic
Spoken in widely used from Morocco to the Persian Gulf, and also
as a minority language in countries as far apart as Nigeria,
Turkey and Iran also a language of religion
Language family Pama- Karnic
Nyungan
Spoken in South Australia
Approximate number of speakers 150m
Approximate number of speakers 8
Writing system Arabic
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress quantity-based
Stress word-initial
Contains following rare uvular, pharyngeal
consonant (types)
Contains following rare retroflexes
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 3�length (3)�2 diphthongs (but some modern dialects
have more vowels)
Said to have how many vowels? 3
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm stress-timed
Vowel harmony some restrictions on vowel co-occurrence, such that *iCu
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Morphology fusional stem-based
Particular formation types prefix; root-and-pattern; infix; suffix
Particular formation types partial prefixed, partial suffixed, full reduplication;
suffix
Syntax
Word order VSO NA prepositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order SOV NA neither
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; nominative/accusative; dual
Particular syntactic phenomena mixed absolutive/ergative; inclusive/exclusive 1st plural;
morphological aspect; noun classes; trial
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Nasr (1967)
Points of interest
Sources Gordon (2002), Hercus (1994), Maddieson (1984)