Laurie Bauer - WordPress.com — Get a Free Blog Here

265 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Fula Ful, Fulani, �fu�lə, fυ�lɑ�ni�
Fulfulde
Pulaar and
other variants
Language name Friesian Frisian �fri�ʒən, �friʒən
Autonym (if known and different) Frysk
Language family Indo-European Germanic
Autonym (if known and different)
Spoken in Netherlands, Germany
Language family Niger-Congo Atlantic
Approximate number of speakers 730k
Spoken in Nigeria, Benin, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Chad,
Cameroon
Writing system Roman
Approximate number of speakers 10m
Phonetics/phonology
Writing system Arabic, Roman
Stress word-initial or root-initial
Phonetics/phonology
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Stress mainly word-initial
Said to have how many vowels? 9�length�13 diphthongs
Contains following rare implosive
consonant (types)
Marked vowel types front rounded
Said to have how many vowels? 5�length
Tone none
Marked vowel types
Rhythm stress-timed
Tone none
Vowel harmony none
Rhythm no information
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Vowel harmony none
Particular formation types prefix; suffix; apophony
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Particular formation types suffix
Syntax
Word order V2 AN prepositions
PossN
Syntax
Particular syntactic phenomena
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Points of interest the closest language to English
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect; noun classes; inclusive /
exclusive 1st plural; nominative /accusative marking
Sources Tiersma (1985)
Points of interest
Sources Arnott (1970), Campbell (1991), Dunstan (1969)
Frisian see Friesian
Ful see Fula
Fulani, Fulfulde see Fula