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285 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Karen kə�ren
Language name Kanuri kə�nu�ri
Autonym (if known and different) kəjε˜ li ŋò
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Tibeto-Burman
Language family Nilo-Saharan Saharan
Spoken in Thailand, Myanmar
Spoken in Chad, Nigeria
Approximate number of speakers 2m
Approximate number of speakers 2m
Writing system Roman; there is also a local script of recent invention
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress
Contains following rare retroflex; implosive
consonant (types)
Contains following rare retroflex
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 11�2 diphthongs
Said to have how many vowels? 6�13 diphthongs
Marked vowel types back unrounded
Marked vowel types
Tone register
Tone register tone
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology isolating word-based
Morphology agglutinative word-based
and fusional
Particular formation types dvandva; prefix; partial suffixed and full
reduplication; suffix
Particular formation types prefix; reduplication; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order SOV NA prepositions and
NPoss postpositions
Particular syntactic phenomena classifier; serial verbs
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect; nominative / accusative
marking; conjugation classes
Points of interest Karen is a group of languages rather than a single language
Points of interest case marked on the adjective rather than on the noun
Sources Campbell (1991), Kato (2003), Katzner (1977),
Maddieson (1984), Solnit (1997), Wälchli (2005)
Sources Lukas (1967), Maddieson (1984), Ruhlen (1976)