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289 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Kobon
Language name Klamath �kl�məθ
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Trans-New- East New Guinea
Guinea Highlands
Language family Penutian
Spoken in Oregon (USA)
Spoken in Papua New Guinea
Approximate number of speakers 50
Approximate number of speakers 6k
Writing system
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress quantity-based
Stress word-penultimate
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7
Contains following rare uvular; ejective; implosive
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 4�length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types front rounded
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Morphology agglutinative word-based
and fusional
Particular formation types prefix; partial prefixed and full reduplication; suffix
Particular formation types dvandva; incorporation; full reduplication; suffix
Syntax
Word order Free AN postpositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order SOV NA postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect; dual; conjugation classes
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Davies (1981)
Sources De Lancey (1991), Haspelmath et al. (2005), Katzner
(1977), Maddieson (1984), Mithun (1999),
Ruhlen (1976)