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339 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Swahili KiSwahili swə�hi�li
Language name Sundanese s�ndə�ni�z
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different) basa gumung
Language family Niger-Congo Bantu
Language family Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian
Spoken in Tanzania, Kenya, Zaire, Congo, Somalia, Mozambique,
Uganda, etc.
Spoken in Java, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Approximate number of speakers 25m
Approximate number of speakers 60m
Writing system Roman
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-penultimate
Stress word-penultimate
Contains following rare implosive
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7
Said to have how many vowels? 5
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony some height
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Morphology isolating and word-based
agglutinative
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Particular formation types dvandva; infix; prefix; partial prefixed and
full reduplication; suffix; synaffix
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena noun classes
Particular syntactic phenomena
Points of interest
Points of interest well-developed vocabulary for showing respect
Sources Ashton (1947), Campbell (1991), Hinnebusch (2003),
Katzner (1977), Maddieson (1984)
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Maddieson (1984),
Müller-Gotama (2001), Wälchli (2005)