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263 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Finnish �finiʃ
Language name Fijian fi��dʒi�ən,
fi�dʒi�ən
Autonym (if known and different) Suomi
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Uralic Finno-Ugric
Language family Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian
Spoken in Finland, Sweden, Karelia
Spoken in Fiji
Approximate number of speakers 5m
Approximate number of speakers 300k
Writing system Roman
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-initial
Stress on long syllables or word-penultimate
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 8�length
Said to have how many vowels? 5�length
Marked vowel types front rounded
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony front–back
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Particular formation types dvandva; suffix
Morphology isolating word-based
agglutinative
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions and
PossN postpositions
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Particular syntactic phenomena nominative /accusative marking
Points of interest complex morphophonology; large number of cases
Syntax
Word order VSO (and SVO) NA prepositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena classifiers; inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; dual and trial
Sources Campbell (1991), Maddieson (1984), Ruhlen (1973),
Sulkala & Karjalainen (1992), Wälchli (2005)
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Milner (1972)
Flemish see Dutch