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Language name Hakka �h�kə
Language name Haida �haidə
THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 272
Autonym (if known and different) Hak-fa
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Sino-Tibetan Sinitic
Language family isolate
Spoken in SE China
Spoken in Queen Charlotte Island (Canada)
Approximate number of speakers 40m
Approximate number of speakers 100
Writing system Chinese characters
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare uvular, ejective
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6�many diphthongs
Said to have how many vowels? 3
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone contour
Tone tonal accent
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology isolating word-based
Morphology agglutinative
Particular formation types prefix; full reduplication; suffix
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena classifier
Syntax
Word order SVO NA postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena classifiers; collective as well as plural; morphological aspect
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Maddieson (1984), Ramsey (1987),
Ruhlen (1976)
Sources Haspelmath et al. (2005), Maddieson (1984), Mithun
(1999), Ruhlen (1976)
Halh see Mongolian