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321 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Pima �pi�mə
Language name Paumarí
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Aztec-Tanoan Uto-Aztecan
Language family Aruan
Spoken in Arizona (USA)
Spoken in Brazil
Approximate number of speakers 18k
Approximate number of speakers 500
Writing system
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-initial
Stress word-antepenultimate
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare implosive
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5�length
Said to have how many vowels? 3
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology polysynthetic
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based
Particular formation types incorporation
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; partial prefixed reduplication; suffix
Syntax
Word order SOV AN postpositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order (OVS SOV) NA postpositions
SVO PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena
Points of interest
Sources Haspelmath et al. (2005), Katzner (1977), Ruhlen (1976)
Particular syntactic phenomena absolutive / ergative marking; classifiers; gender;
morphological aspect; nominative / accusative marking;
noun classes; conjugation classes
Points of interest absolutive/ergative or nominative/accusative
depends on word order
Sources Chapman & Derbyshire (1991)
Persian see Farsi
Pilipino see Tagalog