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==Standard Tibetan==
 
==Standard Tibetan==
 
===Morphological typology===
 
===Morphological typology===
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Analytic, ergative and tonal.
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Analytic, ergative and tonal. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Tibetan#Writing_system</ref>
 
===Basic information===
 
===Basic information===
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1.2 million from 1990 census, spoken in the "Tibet Autonomous Region," probably also exposed to Chinese, Nepalese, and Hindi, very conservative orthography. ISO codes include ISO 639-1, bo, ISO 639-2, tib and bod, and ISO 639-3, bod.  
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1.2 million from 1990 census, spoken in the "Tibet Autonomous Region," probably also exposed to Chinese, Nepalese, and Hindi, very conservative orthography.<ref>https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bod</ref> ISO codes include ISO 639-1, bo, ISO 639-2, tib and bod, and ISO 639-3, bod. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Tibetan#Writing_system</ref>
 
===Sources===
 
===Sources===
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Lots of texts available online, from translations to coursebooks to libraries.  
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Lots of texts available online, from translations to coursebooks to libraries. <ref>http://www.language-archives.org/language/bod</ref>
  
 
==Syriac/Neo-Aramaic==
 
==Syriac/Neo-Aramaic==
 
===Morphological typology===  
 
===Morphological typology===  
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Fusional.
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Fusional.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_language#Literary_Syriac</ref>
 
===Basic information===  
 
===Basic information===  
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152,000 speakers, spoken in Iraq (Dahuk and Ninawa governorates), member of macrolanguage (Syriac) and lots of exposure to related languages in the region, often with a good degree of intelligibility. written in the Syriac alphabet. ISO codes include ISO 639-2 and 639-3 are both syc.
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152,000 speakers, spoken in Iraq (Dahuk and Ninawa governorates), member of macrolanguage (Syriac) and lots of exposure to related languages in the region, often with a good degree of intelligibility. Written in the Syriac alphabet. <ref>https://www.ethnologue.com/language/aii</ref> ISO codes include ISO 639-2 and 639-3 are both syc. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_language#Literary_Syriac</ref>
 
===Sources===  
 
===Sources===  
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Good number of texts available (at least there are bible translations and a Universal Declaration of Human Rights.)
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Good number of texts available (at least there are bible translations and a Universal Declaration of Human Rights.) <ref>http://www.language-archives.org/language/aii</ref>
  
 
==Lakota==
 
==Lakota==
 
===Morphological typology===  
 
===Morphological typology===  
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Agglutinative, no passives, non-tonal.
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Agglutinative, no passives, non-tonal. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakota_language</ref>
 
===Basic information===  
 
===Basic information===  
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2,100 speakers, increasing, spoken throughout Northern Central United States, most speakers also know English, uses Latin script (no written form). ISO 639-9 is lkt.
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2,100 speakers, increasing, spoken throughout Northern Central United States, most speakers also know English, uses Latin script (no written form). <ref>https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lkt</ref> ISO 639-9 is lkt.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakota_language</ref>
 
===Sources===  
 
===Sources===  
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Tweets?!?!? That's so cool!
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Tweets?!?!? That's so cool!<ref>http://www.language-archives.org/language/lkt</ref>
  
 
[[Category:sp18_LanguageSelection]], [[Category:Standard Tibetan]], [[Category:Syriac/Neo-Aramaic]], [[Category:Lakota]]
 
[[Category:sp18_LanguageSelection]], [[Category:Standard Tibetan]], [[Category:Syriac/Neo-Aramaic]], [[Category:Lakota]]

Latest revision as of 05:56, 25 January 2018

I'm interested in working with Courtney Dalton on this project. I think we'd work well together because we're both Bryn Mawr students and I'm a Comp Sci student and she's a Linguistics student!

Standard Tibetan

Morphological typology

Analytic, ergative and tonal. [1]

Basic information

1.2 million from 1990 census, spoken in the "Tibet Autonomous Region," probably also exposed to Chinese, Nepalese, and Hindi, very conservative orthography.[2] ISO codes include ISO 639-1, bo, ISO 639-2, tib and bod, and ISO 639-3, bod. [3]

Sources

Lots of texts available online, from translations to coursebooks to libraries. [4]

Syriac/Neo-Aramaic

Morphological typology

Fusional.[5]

Basic information

152,000 speakers, spoken in Iraq (Dahuk and Ninawa governorates), member of macrolanguage (Syriac) and lots of exposure to related languages in the region, often with a good degree of intelligibility. Written in the Syriac alphabet. [6] ISO codes include ISO 639-2 and 639-3 are both syc. [7]

Sources

Good number of texts available (at least there are bible translations and a Universal Declaration of Human Rights.) [8]

Lakota

Morphological typology

Agglutinative, no passives, non-tonal. [9]

Basic information

2,100 speakers, increasing, spoken throughout Northern Central United States, most speakers also know English, uses Latin script (no written form). [10] ISO 639-9 is lkt.[11]

Sources

Tweets?!?!? That's so cool![12],,,
  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Tibetan#Writing_system
  2. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bod
  3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Tibetan#Writing_system
  4. ↑ http://www.language-archives.org/language/bod
  5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_language#Literary_Syriac
  6. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/aii
  7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_language#Literary_Syriac
  8. ↑ http://www.language-archives.org/language/aii
  9. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakota_language
  10. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lkt
  11. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakota_language
  12. ↑ http://www.language-archives.org/language/lkt