User:Esmith6/Language selection

Partner info

I would like to work with someone that has more linguistics experience since I personally have more computer science experience.

Languages Info

Languages that I would like to work with:

• Dolgan
• Wolof
• Dinka

Dolgan

• Dolgan is a Turkic language
• According to 2010 census, there are around 1,100 native speakers.
• This language is native to Russia, specifically the Taymyr Peninsula
• Dolgan has an agglutinative morphology
• Speakers of this language would most likely know Russian as well
• I was able to find a translated text and a grammar guide

Wikipedia

Wolof

• Wolof is native to Senegal, Mauritania, and Gambia
• There are 5,454,000 native speakers
• Speakers of this language might also understand French, English, or Arabic
  • There is a dialect of Wolof that is a mixture of English and Arabic, Dakar
• Wolof has an agglutinative morphology
• I was able to find translated texts or websites with translated phrases easily

Wikipedia, Morphology

Dinka

• Dinka is native to Sudan/South Sudan
• There are 1.3 million native speakers
• Speakers of this language might also know any of the Lou languages as well as the Nuer language
• Dinka has a fusional morphology
• I was able to find multiple texts easily online
• There is a Dinka grammar book available on Tripod

Wikipedia, Morphology, English-Dinka Dictionary