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309 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Nahuatl �nɑ�wɑ�təl
Language name Mongolian Halh, Khalkha mɒŋ�ɡəυliən
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Aztecan Uto-Aztecan
Language family Altaic Mongolic
Spoken in Mexico
Spoken in Mongolia
Approximate number of speakers 1m
Approximate number of speakers 5m
Writing system Roman
Writing system Cyrillic
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-penultimate
Stress word-initial
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 4�length
Said to have how many vowels? 7�length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types front rounded
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony front–back and rounding
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; partial prefixed reduplication; suffix
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order Free AN postpositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order SOV AN postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena morphological aspect; nominative / accusative marking;
evidentials
Particular syntactic phenomena nominative / accusative marking
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Bosson (1964), Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977)
Sources Campbell (1991), Gordon (2002), Haspelmath et al. (2005),
Mithun (1984)
Múra-Pirahã see Pirahã