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287 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Kilivila
Language name Khmer Cambodian kmeə, kə�meə
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Austronesian Malayo-
Polynesian
Language family Mon-Khmer
Spoken in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand
Spoken in Trobriand Islands
Approximate number of speakers 7m
Approximate number of speakers 22k
Writing system Khmer
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-final
Stress word-penultimate
Contains following rare retroflex; implosive
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7�length (5)�15 diphthongs
Said to have how many vowels? 5�5 diphthongs
Marked vowel types back unrounded
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Morphology isolating word-based
(agglutinative)
Particular formation types prefix; full and partial reduplication; suffix
Particular formation types dvandva; infix; prefix; partial prefixed and full
reduplication; suffix (only in loans)
Syntax
Word order VOS NA prepositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena classifiers; inclusive / exclusive 1st plural/ dual;
morphological aspect; noun class; dual
Particular syntactic phenomena classifiers
Points of interest
Sources Haspelmath et al. (2005), Senft (1986)
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Diffloth (2003), Ehrman (1972),
Katzner (1977), Maddieson (1984), Wälchli (2005)