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317 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Oromo Galla, Gallinya �ɒrəməυ
Language name Oneida əυ�naidə
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Afro-Asiatic Cushitic
Language family Macro-Siouan Iroquoian
Spoken in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya
Spoken in Wisconsin (USA)
Approximate number of speakers 9m
Approximate number of speakers 1k
Writing system Roman; Ethiopic syllabary
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress word-penultimate
Contains following rare ejective; implosive
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5
Said to have how many vowels? 4�length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone register
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Morphology polysynthetic
Particular formation types prefix; partial prefixed reduplication; suffix
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SOV NA postpositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order free PossN neither
Particular syntactic phenomena gender
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; nominative / accusative marking;
alienable / inalienable possession
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Sprouse (2000)
Sources Katzner (1977), Mithun (1984), Ruhlen (1976)