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293 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Kwakwala Kwakiutl kwɑ��kwɑ�lə
Language name Kusaiean
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Wakashan
Language family Austronesian Malayo-
Polynesian
Spoken in British Columbia, Vancouver Island (Canada)
Spoken in Caroline Islands
Approximate number of speakers 250
Approximate number of speakers
Writing system
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress word-penultimate
Contains following rare uvular; ejective
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6
Said to have how many vowels? 12�9 short
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based for
verbs; wordbased
for nouns
Morphology isolating and word-based
agglutinative
Particular formation types suffix
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; partial prefixed and full
reduplication; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO AN postpositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena evidentials
Particular syntactic phenomena noun classes; alienable / inalienable possession
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Haspelmath et al. (2005), Maddieson (1984)
Sources Lee (1975)
Lao see Laotian
Kwakiutl see Kwakwala