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Language name Kurdish �k��diʃ
Language name Kpelle kə�pelə
THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 292
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different) kpεlεε-woo
Language family Indo-European Iranian
Language family Niger-Congo Mande
Spoken in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran
Spoken in Liberia
Approximate number of speakers 10m
Approximate number of speakers 700k
Writing system Arabic, Cyrillic, depending on the country where
it is spoken
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress word-final
Contains following rare implosive
consonant (types)
Contains following rare uvular; pharyngeal
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7�length�nasalisation (6)
Said to have how many vowels? 4�5 long�8 diphthongs
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone register
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology fusional stem-based
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
and fusional
Particular formation types dvandva; suffix
Particular formation types suffix; suprasegmentals used morphologically
Syntax
Word order SOV NA prepositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order SOV NA postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena conjugation classes
Particular syntactic phenomena
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Gordon (2002), Katzner (1977),
Maddieson (1984), Ruhlen (1976), Wälchli (2005)
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Maddieson
(1984), Ruhlen (1976), Westermann & Bryan (1970)
Kunavidji see Ndjébbana
!Kung see !Xu~, p.367