Laurie Bauer - WordPress.com — Get a Free Blog Here

Language name Tzeltal �tseltɑ�l
Language name Tuvaluan tu�və�lu�ən
THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 352
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Penutian Mayan
Language family Austronesian Polynesian
Spoken in Mexico
Spoken in Tuvalu
Approximate number of speakers 100k
Approximate number of speakers 11k
Writing system
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress
Stress word-penultimate
Contains following rare ejective
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5
Said to have how many vowels? 5 + length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology polysynthetic stem-based for
verbs; wordbased
for nouns
Morphology isolating and word-based
agglutinative
Particular formation types dvandva; prefix; suffix; full and partial reduplication
Particular formation types prefix; partial suffixed, internal and full reduplication;
suffix
Syntax
Word order VOS
Syntax
Word order verb-initial NA prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena classifiers; ergative / absolutive marking
Points of interest
Particular syntactic phenomena absolutive / ergative marking; inclusive / exclusive
1st plural; dual
Sources Katzner (1977), Maddieson (1984), Ruhlen (1976),
Wälchli (2005)
Points of interest
Sources Besnier (2000), Katzner (1977)
Twi see Akan