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247 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Chinook ���nυk, ���nu�k
Language name Chinanteco
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Penutian Chinookan
Language family Oto-Manguean Chinantecan
Spoken in Oregon, Washington (USA)
Spoken in Mexico
Approximate number of speakers 12
Approximate number of speakers 30k
Writing system
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress on last tone-bearing vowel in the word
Contains following rare uvular; ejective
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels?
Said to have how many vowels? 7�length�nasalisation
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types front rounded; back unrounded
Tone none
Tone register
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Morphology isolating and word-based
agglutinative
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order VOS AN prepositions and
NPoss postpositions
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; evidentials; ergative /
absolutive marking; gender; dual; inflected postpositions
Particular formation types dvandva; prefix; incorporation
Syntax
Word order VSO NA
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena noun classes; evidentials
Points of interest
Points of interest tonal harmony
Sources Amith & Smith-Stark (1994), Haspelmath et al. (2005),
Mithun (1999), Silverstein (1972a)
Sources Haspelmath et al. (2005), Merrifield (1968), Ruhlen (1976),
Wälchli (2005), Yip (2002)