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283 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Kamba �k�mbə
Language name Kabardian Circassian kə�bɑ�diən
Autonym (if known and different) KiKamba
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Niger-Congo
Language family NW Caucasian Abkhaz-Adyge
Spoken in Kenya
Spoken in Northern Caucasus
Approximate number of speakers 750k
Approximate number of speakers 350k
Writing system
Writing system Cyrillic
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress root-initial
Stress root-final
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7
Contains following rare uvular; pharyngeal; ejective
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone register tone
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
and fusional
Particular formation types infix; prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Particular formation types infix; prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SOV NA postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena noun classes; negative tenses
Points of interest 4 vowel lengths
Particular syntactic phenomena absolutive / ergative marking; nominative / accusative
marking; morphological aspect; conjugation classes
Sources Whitely & Muli (1962)
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Gordon (2002), Katzner (1977),
Maddieson (1984)