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Jwashin1: /* References */ spelling of Guaraní

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‎References: spelling of Guaraní

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 [[Category:sp17_LanguageSelection]]
-[[Category:Guaraní]]
+[[Category:Guarani]]
 [[Category:Chamorro]]
 [[Category:Khasi]]

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 An online newspaper is written in Khasi: http://www.mawphor.com/
-==Categories==
+==References==
 [[Category:sp17_LanguageSelection]]
-[[Guaraní]]
+[[Category:Guaraní]]
-[[Chamorro]]
+[[Category:Chamorro]]
-[[Khasi]]
+[[Category:Khasi]]

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 ===Text Sources===
-Wikipedia pages have been written in Guaraní, such as: https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Casaccia
+Wikipedia pages have been written in Guaraní.
 == Chamorro ==

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 == Chamorro ==
 ===Morphological typology===
-Chamorro is primarily agglutinative. As an example, the word 'masanganenñaihon' has the root verb 'sangan' modified with multiple prefixes and suffixes. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language#Grammar for more detail.
+Chamorro is primarily agglutinative. As an example, the word 'masanganenñaihon' contains the root verb 'sangan,' which is modified with multiple prefixes and suffixes. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language#Grammar for more detail.
 ===Basic Information===

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 == Guaraní ==
 ===Morphological typology===
-Guaraní is agglutinative. Jesuit missionaries capitalized on the agglutinative nature of the language to form new Guaraní words that 'conveyed western concepts.' See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language#Grammar and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language#History for more detail.
+Guaraní is agglutinative, and is sometimes categorized as polysynthetic. Jesuit missionaries capitalized on the agglutinative nature of the language to form new Guaraní words that 'conveyed western concepts.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language</ref>' See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language#Grammar and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language#History for more detail.
 ===Basic Information===
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 == Khasi ==
 ===Morphological typology===
+Although I don't see any formal classification online, I believe Khasi to be Analytic, as there is no inflectional morphology.
 ===Basic Information===

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 ===Basic Information===
 * Total number of speakers: 58,000 <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
-* Chamorro is spoken througout Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
+* Chamorro is spoken throughout Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
 * Chamorro speakers may also know English and/or Carolinian <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language</ref><ref>Ethnologue</ref>
-* Chamorro is classified as "vulnerable"<ref>http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/846</ref>. It is taught at the University of Guam. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language</ref>
+* Chamorro is classified as "vulnerable."<ref>http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/846</ref> It is taught at the University of Guam. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language</ref>
 * The orthography follows the Latin script <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
 * ISO code: cha <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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 ===Basic Information===
-* How many speakers are there
+* Total number of speakers: 843,000 in India <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
-* Where do they live
+* Khasi is spoken in India and Bangladesh by the Khasi people<ref>Ethnologue</ref>
-* What other languages might they know
+* Khasi is no longer endangered <ref>"The Khasi language is no longer in danger". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-09-29.</ref> <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khasi_language</ref>
-* What is the status of the language in terms of its transmission to current and future generations
+* The orthography now follows the Latin script <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
-* Is there a normative orthography of some sort? What is the orthography like (what script / any interesting features)?
+* ISO code: kha <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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