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languages i am interested in:
 
languages i am interested in:
  
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Wolof:
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- language native to Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, and the native Wolof people
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- agglutinative language
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- a Senegambian language, which are characterized for their consonant mutation
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- not a tonal language
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- SVO
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- ~ 12 million speakers worldwide
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- Latin orthography
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- probably won't be that hard to find text to work with
  
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Alabama:
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- language native to the southeastern US
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- spoken by the Alabama-Coushatta tribe
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- ~370 speakers
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- agglutinative language
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- SOV
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- super threatened, not a lot of good grammar resources
  
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Nahuatl: Western Huasteca
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- language native to Mexico
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- ~400k speakers
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- SVO
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- nontonal language
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- Latin orthography
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- 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,,,