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319 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Panjabi Punjabi p�n�dʒɑ�bi
Language name Paiute �paiu�t
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Indo-European Indic
Language family Aztec-Tanoan Uto-Aztecan
Spoken in India, Pakistan
Spoken in Utah, Idaho (USA)
Approximate number of speakers 50m
Approximate number of speakers 2.5k
Writing system Gurmukhi, LaNDa, Devanagari and Arabic
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress variable
Stress 2nd mora
Contains following rare retroflex; uvular (in loan-words)
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 10�nasalisation
Said to have how many vowels? 5�length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone register
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm mora-timing
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology fusional stem-based
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based
Particular formation types dvandva; incorporation; prefix; partial prefixed,
partial suffixed and full reduplication; suffix;
suprasegmentals used morphologically
Particular formation types infix; prefix; partial prefixed and partial suffixed
reduplication; suffix
Syntax
Word order SOV AN postpositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order SOV AN postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive/exclusive 1st plural; morphological
aspect; noun classes; dual; evidentials
Particular syntactic phenomena absolutive / ergative marking; nominative /
accusative marking; gender; conjugation classes
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Gordon (2002), Haspelmath et al. (2005),
Katzner (1977), Ruhlen (1976), Sapir (1930)
Sources Bhatia (1993), Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977),
Maddieson (1984), Ruhlen (1976)