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Language name Kirghiz kiə� ɡi�z
Language name Kiowa �ki�əwə
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
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Language family Altaic Northern Turkic
Language family Uto-Aztecan Kiowa-Tanoan
Spoken in Kirghizistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,
Tadzhikistan, Mongolia
Spoken in Oklahoma (USA)
Approximate number of speakers 200
Approximate number of speakers 1.5m
Writing system Roman
Writing system Cyrillic, Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-final
Contains following rare uvular
consonant (types)
Stress
Contains following rare ejective
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6�4 diphthongs�length�nasalisation
Said to have how many vowels? 8�length (6)
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types front rounded
Tone register
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony front–back and rounded–unrounded
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; suffix
Particular formation types dvandva; suffix
Syntax
Word order SOV AN postpositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect; nominative / accusative marking
Syntax
Word order SOV NA postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect; noun classes; dual;
conjugation classes; switch-reference; evidentials
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Kirchner (1998), Maddieson
(1984), Ruhlen (1976), Wälchli (2005)
Points of interest some noun classes are inherently singular or dual and a
marker makes them plural; others are inherently plural and
the same marker makes them singular
Sources Haspelmath et al. (2005), Mithun (1999), Watkins (1984)
KiSwahili see Swahili