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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 340
Language name Tagalog Pilipino tə�ɡɑ�lɒɡ
Language name Swedish �swi�diʃ
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different) svenska
Language family Austronesian Philippine
Language family Indo-European Germanic
Spoken in Philippines
Spoken in Sweden, Finland
Approximate number of speakers 40m
Approximate number of speakers 8m
Writing system Roman
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress quantity-based
Stress root-initial
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare retroflex
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5 + length
Said to have how many vowels? 10 + length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types front rounded
Tone none
Tone tonal accent
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Particular formation types infix; prefix; partial infixed, partial prefixed and full
reduplication; suffix
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Syntax
Syntax
Word order V2 AN prepositions
PossN
Word order VSO AN and NA prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; conjugation classes
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; morphological aspect;
gender; nominative / accusative marking
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Holmes & Hinchcliffe (1994),
Katzner (1977)
Sources Blake (1925), Campbell (1991), Haspelmath et al. (2005),
Maddieson (1984), Ruhlen (1976)
Sye see Erromangan