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271 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Guugu ɡu�ɡu� �jimidʒiə
Yimidhirr
Language name Gujarati ɡυdʒə�rɑ�ti
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Indo-European Indic
Language family Australian Pama-Maric
Spoken in Gujarat, Maharashtra (India)
Spoken in Queensland (Australia)
Approximate number of speakers 43m
Approximate number of speakers 600
Writing system its own Devanagari-based script
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress irrelevant
Stress word-initial
Contains following rare retroflex; voiced aspirated plosives
consonant (types)
Contains following rare retroflex
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 8�nasalisation (6)
Said to have how many vowels? 3�length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
verbs; wordbased
nouns
Particular formation types incorporation; partial prefixed reduplication; suffix
Particular formation types (prefix); suffix
Syntax
Syntax
Word order SOV NA postpositions
PossN and NPoss
Word order SOV AN postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena absolutive / ergative marking; nominative / accusative
marking; inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; dual
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; morphological aspect; nominative /accusative
marking and ergative / absolutive marking
Points of interest provided English with the word kangaroo�gangurru
Sources Haspelmath et al. (2005), Haviland (1979)
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Mistry (2003)
Gunavidji see Ndjébbana