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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 336
Language name Sorbian Lusatian, �sɔ�biən
Wendish
Language name Somali səυ�mɑ�li
Autonym (if known and different) afka Soomaaliga
Autonym (if known and different) wendisch, sorbisch, serbski
Language family Afro-Asiatic Cushitic
Language family Indo-European Slavic
Spoken in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
Spoken in Saxony (Germany)
Approximate number of speakers 10m
Approximate number of speakers 70k
Writing system Roman
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress word-initial
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7
Contains following rare uvular; pharyngeal
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5 + length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone tonal accent
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony ATR
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Morphology fusional stem-based
Particular formation types prefix; partial suffixed reduplication; suffix; apophony
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SOV AN prepositions
PossN
Syntax
Word order SOV NA prepositions
PossN
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; conjugation classes
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; morphological aspect; nominative /
accusative marking; dual; conjugation classes
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Gordon (2002), Katzner (1977), Stone (1993)
Sources Biber & Saeed (2003), Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977),
Maddieson (1984), Ruhlen (1976)