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345 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Tiwi �ti�wi
Language name Tiwa �ti�wə
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Australian
Language family Aztec-Tanoan Tanoan
Spoken in Bathurst and Melville Islands, Northern Territory
(Australia)
Spoken in New Mexico (USA)
Approximate number of speakers 3k
Approximate number of speakers 1k
Writing system
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress word-penultimate
Contains following rare ejective
consonant (types)
Contains following rare retroflex
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6 + nasalisation
Said to have how many vowels? 4
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology polysynthetic
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based
Particular formation types incorporation
Particular formation types incorporation; prefix; partial prefixed reduplication; suffix
Syntax
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
PossN
Word order variable postpositions
Particular syntactic phenomena evidentials; dual
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; inclusive / exclusive 1st plural;
morphological aspect
Points of interest
Sources Haspelmath et al. (2005), Katzner (1977), Maddieson
(1984), Mithun (1999), Ruhlen (1976)
Points of interest
Sources Gordon (2002), Maddieson (1984), Osborne (1974)