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241 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Burmese b���mi�z
Language name Bunganditj Buwandik
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different) Drualat-ngolonung (‘speech of the man’)
Language family Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese
Language family
Spoken in Myanmar
Spoken in South Australia, Victoria (Australia)
Approximate number of speakers 30m
Approximate number of speakers 0
Writing system Burmese
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress
Contains following rare voiceless nasal
consonant (types)
Contains following rare retroflex
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7�diphthongs (4)
Said to have how many vowels? 3
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone tonal accent
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Particular formation types dvandva; prefix; full reduplication; suffix; suprasegmentals
used morphologically
Particular formation types reduplication; suffix
Syntax
Word order Argument-V NA postpositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order free NA and AN neither
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena dual; ergative /absolutive; inclusive / exclusive 1st plural
Particular syntactic phenomena nominative / accusative marking; classifier; morphological
aspect
Points of interest
Points of interest pronouns of deference
Sources Blake (2003)
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Ruhlen (1976),
Wälchli (2005), Wheatley (2003), Yip (2002)