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239 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Bontok, Bontoc bɒn�tɒk
Language name Blackfoot �bl�kfυt
Autonym (if known and different) Kali (‘the language’)
Autonym (if known and different) Siksika (‘black foot’)
Language family Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian
Language family Algonkian
Spoken in Philippines
Spoken in Montana, Alberta (Canada)
Approximate number of speakers 40k
Approximate number of speakers 6k
Writing system
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 4
Contains following rare uvular
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 3�length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based
Particular formation types prefix; infix; partial prefixed reduplication and
full reduplication; suffix; synaffix
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; suffix; synaffix
Syntax
Word order VSO AN and NA neither
PossN
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; conjugation classes; gender
Particular syntactic phenomena
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Reid (1976)
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Ruhlen (1976)