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365 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Zapotec �z�pətek
Language name Yupik �ju�pik
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Oto-Manguean
Language family Eskimo-Aleut
Spoken in Mexico
Spoken in Alaska (USA), Siberia, Aleutian Islands
Approximate number of speakers 300k
Approximate number of speakers 21k
Writing system Roman
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress root-final
Stress 2nd vowel
Contains following rare retroflex
consonant (types)
Contains following rare uvular
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 7
Said to have how many vowels? 3 + length
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone register
Tone tonal accent
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony none
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative
Morphology polysynthetic
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Particular formation types incorporation; suffix
Syntax
Word order VSO NA prepositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order SVO NA neither
Particular syntactic phenomena absolutive / ergative marking; dual; evidentials
Particular syntactic phenomena inclusive / exclusive 1st plural; morphological
aspect; noun classes
Points of interest over 450 derivational affixes
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Gordon (2002), Ruhlen (1976)
Sources Gordon (2002), Haspelmath et al. (2005), Mithun (1999),
Ruhlen (1976), Yip (2002)