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THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT’S HANDBOOK 366
Language name Zulu isiZulu �zu�lu�
Language name Zoque �səυkei
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different)
Language family Niger-Congo Bantu
Language family Penutian Mixe-Zoque
Spoken in South Africa
Spoken in Mexico
Approximate number of speakers 8m
Approximate number of speakers 20k
Writing system
Writing system
Phonetics/phonology
Phonetics/phonology
Stress word-penultimate
Stress word-penultimate
Contains following rare click; ejective; implosive
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 5 + length
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Said to have how many vowels? 6
Marked vowel types
Marked vowel types
Tone register
Tone none
Rhythm no information
Rhythm no information
Vowel harmony some height
Vowel harmony none
Morphology agglutinative stem-based
Morphology agglutinative word-based
Particular formation types prefix; suffix; tone used morphologically
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Syntax
Word order SVO NA prepositions
NPoss
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
PossN and/or
postpositions
Particular syntactic phenomena noun classes
Particular syntactic phenomena evidentials; dual
Points of interest
Points of interest
Sources Doke (1927, 1954), Haspelmath et al. (2005), Maddieson
(1984), Poulos & Bosch (1997), Ruhlen (1976)
Sources Gordon (2002), Haspelmath et al. (2005), Maddieson
(1984), Ruhlen (1976)