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== Biak == | == Biak == | ||
* ISO 639-3: bhw [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biak_language] | * ISO 639-3: bhw [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biak_language] | ||
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* PhD dissertation written on Biak: [https://www.lotpublications.nl/biak-description-of-an-austronesian-language-of-papua-biak-description-of-an-austronesian-language-of-papua] | * PhD dissertation written on Biak: [https://www.lotpublications.nl/biak-description-of-an-austronesian-language-of-papua-biak-description-of-an-austronesian-language-of-papua] | ||
* OLAC page: [http://www.language-archives.org/language/bhw#lexical_resources] | * OLAC page: [http://www.language-archives.org/language/bhw#lexical_resources] | ||
| + | * Talking dictionary: http://talkingdictionary.swarthmore.edu/biak/ | ||
== Lezgian == | == Lezgian == | ||
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* Lezgian bible [http://ibtrussia.org/en/text?m=LEZ&l=Matt.1.1.1&g=0] | * Lezgian bible [http://ibtrussia.org/en/text?m=LEZ&l=Matt.1.1.1&g=0] | ||
* OLAC page: [http://www.language-archives.org/language/lez] | * OLAC page: [http://www.language-archives.org/language/lez] | ||
| − | * A Grammar of Lezgian [https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4415432/mod_folder/content/0/Mouton%20Grammar%20Library/MGL%209%20Haspelmath.%20A%20Grammar%20of%20Lezgian.pdf?forcedownload=1] | + | <!-- * A Grammar of Lezgian [https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4415432/mod_folder/content/0/Mouton%20Grammar%20Library/MGL%209%20Haspelmath.%20A%20Grammar%20of%20Lezgian.pdf?forcedownload=1] --> |
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| + | == Denaʼina == | ||
| + | * ISO 639-3: tfn [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dena%CA%BCina_language] | ||
| + | * Denaʼina is an Alaskan Athabaskan language spoken by about 75 native speakers. Part of why it has become endangered is the Alaskan schools forbid teaching or learning the language. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dena%CA%BCina_language] | ||
| + | * Denaʼina is a polysynthetic language. The basic word order is SOV. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dena%CA%BCina_language] | ||
| + | * Writing: Latin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dena%CA%BCina_language#Morphology] | ||
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| + | === Resources === | ||
| + | * Book: [https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Dena%CA%BCina_Legacy.html?id=Tl51AAAAMAAJ] | ||
| + | * Dictionary and other info: [https://web.kpc.alaska.edu/denaina/index.html] | ||
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| + | [[Category:sp21_LanguageSelection]], [[Category:Biak]], [[Category:Lezgian]], [[Category:Denaʼina]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:30, 16 February 2021
I'd like to work with Tillie [1]
Biak
- ISO 639-3: bhw [2]
- Biak is an Austronesian language spoken by about 30,000-70,000 people in Biak and other small islands near Western New Guinea. [3]
- Speakers of Biak skew older, and most are also fluent in Malay. [4]
- Speakers of Biak are predominantly Christian. [5]
- Biak seems to be an agglutinative language like Malay or Indonesian. [6] describes how verbs are modified with either prefixes or infixes, depending on the beginning of the verb.
- Writing: Latin script. [7]
Resources
- Dictionary and several texts with English translations: [8]
- Biak prayers and songs: [9]
- PhD dissertation written on Biak: [10]
- OLAC page: [11]
- Talking dictionary: http://talkingdictionary.swarthmore.edu/biak/
Lezgian
- ISO 639-3: lez [12]
- Lezgian is a Northeast Caucasian language and a member of the Lezgic language family, with about 800,000 speakers. Many Lezgian speakers are in Southern Dagestan and northern parts of Azerbaijan. [13]
- The Lezgins are mainly Sunni Muslim. [14]
- Lezgian is an agglutinative language. It has 18 cases (most of them locative cases) which are formed by agglutinating suffixes. It has no grammatical gender, and two types of declensions. [15]
- Writing: Arabic, Latin, currently Cyrillic. [16]
Resources
Denaʼina
- ISO 639-3: tfn [20]
- Denaʼina is an Alaskan Athabaskan language spoken by about 75 native speakers. Part of why it has become endangered is the Alaskan schools forbid teaching or learning the language. [21]
- Denaʼina is a polysynthetic language. The basic word order is SOV. [22]
- Writing: Latin [23]
