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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 330
Language name Sanuma �s�nυmə
Language name Sanskrit �s�nskrit
Autonym (if known and different) �sɑn�mɑ
Autonym (if known and different) sam. skr.ta ‘correct, formed for sacred use’
Language family Yanomami
Language family Indo-European Indic
Spoken in Venezuela, Brazil
Spoken in India
Approximate number of speakers 2k
Approximate number of speakers 2k
Writing system Roman
Writing system Devanagari
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-penultimate
Stress quantity-based
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare retroflex
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7 + nasalisation (6)
Said to have how many vowels? 5 + length (4) + 4 diphthongs
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony nasality
Vowel harmony none
Morphology isolating and word-based
agglutinative
Morphology fusional stem-based
Particular formation types dvandva; partial prefixed reduplication; suffix
Particular formation types suffix
Syntax
Syntax
Word order free AN prepositions and
NPoss postpositions
Word order SOV NA postpositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; nominative / accusative marking; dual;
conjugation classes
Particular syntactic phenomena absolutive / ergative marking; classifiers; inclusive /
exclusive 1st plural; morphological aspect; conjugation
classes; alienable / inalienable possession; evidentials
Points of interest
Points of interest no overt coordination markers
Sources Campbell (1991), Gonda (1966), Katzner (1977),
Mayrhofer (1972)
Sources Borgman (1990)
Scottish Gaelic see Gaelic