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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 266
Language name Ganda Luganda �ɡ�ndə
Language name Gaelic Scottish Gaelic �ɡeilik, �ɡ�lik
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Niger-Congo Bantu
Language family Indo-European Celtic
Spoken in Uganda, Tanzania
Spoken in Scotland
Approximate number of speakers 4m
Approximate number of speakers 100k
Writing system
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress word-initial
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5�length
Said to have how many vowels? 9�length�10 diphthongs
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types back unrounded
Tone register
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Morphology fusional stem-based
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Particular formation types apophony; prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order VSO NA prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena noun classes
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; nominative / accusative marking
Points of interest
Sources Katzner (1977), Snoxall (1967)
Points of interest considerable phonological mutation of initial consonants
Sources Campbell (1991), Gillies (1993), Katzner (1977)
Galla, Gallinya see Oromo