User:Vkomore1/Language selection
I will be working with Hayes Gilbert. (https://wikis.swarthmore.edu/ling073/User:Dgilber1/Language_selection)
Baltic Romani
Morphological Typology: Baltic Romani is a fusional language, as its nouns can include affixes that refer to multiple grammatical categories such as number and gender. The language mostly uses suffixes and also features definite articles as well as articles for masculine and feminine, plural, non-plural, subject, and non-subject nouns.
Basic Information: There are 31,500 Baltic Romani speakers found in Poland, Russia, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These speakers most often also speak the language of the country they live in (Polish, Russian, etc.). The language is considered to be stable, meaning that it is consistently passed down from one generation to the next. The language utilizes a Latin-based, phonemic orthography, however it is not standardized: writing either uses academic or Polish conventions. ISO: rml
Written Text: I think this language has a good amount of written texts, as I was able to find a Bible translation and a small dictionary.
Short dictionary: https://www.kratylos.org/~raphael/romani/interactive/sampler/pl003.html Bible: https://www.bible.com/versions/2605-rombaltr-biblija-pe-baltitko-romani-%C4%8Dib- romanes-2019
Sources: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/rml/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Romani#:~:text=Baltic%20Romani%20is%20a%20group,31%2C500%20users%20in%20all%20countries.
Trinidadian Creole
Morphological Typology: Trinidadian Creole is considered to be an analytic language, as words mostly consist of a single morpheme, with different grammatical categories depending on the use of separate words and word order. This means it has little inflection. It also does not feature any agreement between nouns and verbs.
Basic Information: Trinidadian Creole has about 1 million native speakers, most of whom live on the island of Trinidad. It is stable, which means that it is consistently passed down between generations. Speakers of this language usually also speak Trinidad & Tobagonian Standard English. There is no standardized orthography; however, many speakers utilize English spelling to imply pronunciation. Another common form of writing uses a combination of English and Creole spelling. ISO: trf
Written Text: This has a pretty extensive amount of sources available, as I found a specific dictionary for the language and another with some Trinidadian Creole included, along with other Caribbean languages. https://research.ebsco.com/c/bhlcnr/ebook-viewer/pdf/ekelto5def/page/pp_8?location=https%25253A%25252F%25252Fresearch.ebsco.com%25252Fc%25252Fbhlcnr%25252Fsearch%25252Fdetails%25252Fekelto5def%25253Fdb%25253De000xna https://research.ebsco.com/c/bhlcnr/ebook-viewer/pdf/wn634agktz?location=https%25253A%25252F%25252Fresearch.ebsco.com%25252Fc%25252Fbhlcnr%25252Fsearch%25252Fdetails%25252Fwn634agktz%25253Fdb%25253De000xna
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidadian_Creole https://www.ethnologue.com/language/trf/
Wichita
Morphological Typology: Wichita can be categorized as a polysynthetic language, a subset of agglutinative languages that uses linguistic units for inflection. A polysynthetic language is characterized by utilizing morphemes to construct entire sentences in a single word. Although mostly polysynthetic, Wichita also has some elements of fusion, as certain affixes used denote both number and person. The language also features head marking, which is when the agreement of words in a phrase depends on the “head” of the phrase rather than a dependent.
Basic Information: There are no remaining fluent speakers of Wichita, although members of the Wichita tribe still exist, primarily living in parts of Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas, and they use English as their primary language. The language is currently considered dormant; however, there are several revitalization efforts in the form of language classes and documentation projects. It also does not have a standardized writing system apart from a system designed by linguists. This orthography is based on the Latin alphabet and features ten consonants. Spelling is based on phonemes. ISO: wic
Written Text: I managed to find a couple of sources with dictionaries and sample sentences. https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Books/Linguistics/Mega%20linguistics%20pack/North%20American/Siouan%20%26%20Caddoan/Wichita%2C%20a%20Caddoan%20Language%2C%20Sketch%20of%20%28Rood%29.pdf https://www.omniglot.com/writing/wichita.htm
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphological_typology
