Difference between revisions of "User:Sgutier2/Language selection"
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+ | Wolof: | ||
+ | - language native to Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, and the native Wolof people | ||
+ | - agglutinative language | ||
+ | - a Senegambian language, which are characterized for their consonant mutation | ||
+ | - not a tonal language | ||
+ | - SVO | ||
+ | - ~ 12 million speakers worldwide | ||
+ | - Latin orthography | ||
+ | - probably won't be that hard to find text to work with | ||
+ | Alabama: | ||
+ | - language native to the southeastern US | ||
+ | - spoken by the Alabama-Coushatta tribe | ||
+ | - ~370 speakers | ||
+ | - agglutinative language | ||
+ | - SOV | ||
+ | - super threatened, not a lot of good grammar resources | ||
+ | Nahuatl: Western Huasteca | ||
+ | - language native to Mexico | ||
+ | - ~400k speakers | ||
+ | - SVO | ||
+ | - nontonal language | ||
+ | - Latin orthography | ||
+ | - not a lot of grammar resources | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:48, 24 January 2023
hi!
i would like to work with fiona stewart.
languages i am interested in:
Wolof: - language native to Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, and the native Wolof people - agglutinative language - a Senegambian language, which are characterized for their consonant mutation - not a tonal language - SVO - ~ 12 million speakers worldwide - Latin orthography - probably won't be that hard to find text to work with
Alabama: - language native to the southeastern US - spoken by the Alabama-Coushatta tribe - ~370 speakers - agglutinative language - SOV - super threatened, not a lot of good grammar resources
Nahuatl: Western Huasteca - language native to Mexico - ~400k speakers - SVO - nontonal language - Latin orthography - not a lot of grammar resources,,,