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Language name Cherokee ��erəυki�,
�erə�ki�
Language name Cayubaba Cayuvava
Autonym (if known and different)
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Autonym (if known and different) Tsaligi
Language family Macro-Siouan Iroquoian
Language family Andean- Equatorial
Equatorial
Spoken in Oklahoma, North Carolina (USA)
Spoken in Bolivia
Approximate number of speakers 30k
Approximate number of speakers 0
Writing system its own syllabary
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress word antepenultimate
Contains following rare lateral fricative
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6�length
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone register
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm stress-timed
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based for
verbs, word- based
for nouns
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Particular formation types prefix; suffix; partially prefixed, partially suffixed and full
reduplication; synaffix
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; suffix; synaffix
Syntax
Word order SVO or VSO AN prepositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order VOS (SVO) AN prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena nominative / accusative marking; morphological aspect
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; classifiers; morphological
aspect; gender; verb classes; dual; evidentials
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Aikhenvald & Dixon (1999), Gordon (2002),
Haspelmath et al. (2005), Key (1967), Ruhlen (1976)
Sources Campbell (1991), Cook (1979), Haspelmath et al. (2005),
Holmes & Smith (1977), Katzner (1977), Mithun (1999),
Yip (2002)
Cayuvava see Cayubaba
Cheremis see Mari