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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 354
Language name Ulithian
Language name Ukrainian ju��kreiniən
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Austronesian Malayo-
Polynesian
Language family Indo-European Slavic
Spoken in Ukraine
Spoken in Caroline Islands
Approximate number of speakers 60m
Approximate number of speakers 1k
Writing system Cyrillic
Writing system Roman
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress variable
Stress variable
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6
Said to have how many vowels? 8 + length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone none
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology fusional stem-based
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Particular formation types prefix; partial prefixed reduplication; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
NPoss
Particular syntactic phenomena classifiers; inclusive / exclusive 1st plural
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; nominative / accusative marking;
conjugation classes; morphological aspect
Points of interest
Sources Lynch (2002b), Ruhlen (1976), Sohn & Bender (1973)
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Ruhlen (1976), Shevelov (1993)