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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 252
Language name Czech �ek, �ex
Language name Crow krəυ
Autonym (if known and different) Česˇtina
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Indo-European Slavic
Language family Macro-Siouan Siouan
Spoken in Czech Republic
Spoken in Montana (USA)
Approximate number of speakers 10m
Approximate number of speakers 5k
Writing system Roman (with diacritics)
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-initial
Stress
Contains following rare alveolar fricative trill
consonant (types)
Contains following rare ejective
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5�length�1 diphthong
Said to have how many vowels? 5�length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone register
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology fusional stem-based
Morphology polysynthetic word-based
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO (with much AN prepositions
variation) NPoss
Syntax
Word order SOV NA postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; nominative / accusative marking; morphological
aspect; conjugation classes
Particular syntactic phenomena switch reference; alienable / inalienable possession;
conjugation classes
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Gordon (2002), Ruhlen (1976),
Short (1993a, 2003)
Sources Campbell (1991), Mithun (1999), Rood (1979),
Ruhlen (1976)
Dagur see Daur