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311 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Ndyuka
Language name Ndjébbana Gunavidji,
Kunavidji
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family English
superstrate pidgin
Language family Australian Burarran
Spoken in Surinam
Spoken in Northern Territory (Australia)
Approximate number of speakers few native speakers
Approximate number of speakers 150
Writing system Roman
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress weight-based system
Stress variable but not word-final
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5�length
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone register
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony limited high-vowel
Morphology isolating
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based
Particular formation types partial prefixed and full reduplication
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order focus-based NA neither
PossN and NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; dual
and trial; conjugation classes
Points of interest
Sources Huttar & Huttar (1994)
Points of interest case marking only for ablative and purposive; because
the names of the recently deceased are taboo, the books of
recently deceased authors have had to be withdrawn from
bookshop shelves in some instances
Sources McKay (2000)