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333 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Sindhi �sindi
Language name Shoshone ʃəυ� ʃəυni
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different) sosoni, nümü
Language family Indo-European Indic
Language family Aztec-Tanoan Uto-Aztecan
Spoken in Pakistan, Baluchistan, India
Spoken in Oklahoma, California, Nevada (USA)
Approximate number of speakers 6m
Approximate number of speakers 5k
Writing system its own Arabic-based script
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress word-initial
Contains following rare retroflex; implosive
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5 + length
Said to have how many vowels? 6 + length + 1 diphthong
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types back unrounded
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm mora-timing
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony rounding
Morphology fusional stem-based
Particular formation types suffix
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based for
verbs; wordbased
for nouns
Syntax
Word order SOV AN postpositions
NPoss
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; partial prefixed reduplication; suffix
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; conjugation classes
Syntax
Word order SOV AN postpositions
PossN
Points of interest
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; morphological
aspect; nominative / accusative marking; dual;
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977)
Points of interest
Sinhala see Sinhalese
Sources Dayley (1989), Gordon (2002), Katzner (1977),
Ruhlen (1976)
Siamese see Thai