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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 306
Language name Menomini mə�nɒmini
Language name Mende �mendi
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different) m�nde jia
Language family Macro-Algonkian Central Algonkian
Language family Niger-Congo Mande
Spoken in Wisconsin (USA)
Spoken in Sierra Leone, Liberia
Approximate number of speakers 0
Approximate number of speakers 1.5m
Writing system
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress quantity-based
Stress
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6�length�2 diphthongs
Said to have how many vowels? 7�length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone register
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Morphology agglutinative
Particular formation types prefix; suffix; synaffix
Particular formation types suffix; tone used morphologically
Syntax
Word order free free neither
PossN
Syntax
Word order SOV NA postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena
Particular syntactic phenomena
Points of interest inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; noun classes;
conjugation classes
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Westermann & Bryan
(1970)
Sources Bloomfield (1946), Campbell (1991), Haspelmath et al.
(2005), Ruhlen (1976)