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== Sebat Bet Gurage == | == Sebat Bet Gurage == | ||
| − | Sebat Bet Gurage is a language spoken by about 2.5 million people in Southwest Ethiopia. The phrase " Sebat Bet" directly translates into seven houses and references the number of variants of this language. The most researched variant of the Sebat Bet Gurage language is Chaha. Chaha is primarily a fusional language due to its reliance on root-and-pattern morphology and the fusion of multiple grammatical categories into single affixes. It uses the ge'ez script like most other Ethio-Semetic languages. Unfortunately I can't find written text on this language so it would be quite difficult to work on. | + | Sebat Bet Gurage is a language spoken by about 2.5 million people in Southwest Ethiopia. The phrase " Sebat Bet" directly translates into seven houses and references the number of variants of this language. The most researched variant of the Sebat Bet Gurage language is Chaha. Chaha is primarily a fusional language due to its reliance on root-and-pattern morphology and the fusion of multiple grammatical categories into single affixes. It's SOV and uses Devoicing and "gemination". It uses the ge'ez script like most other Ethio-Semetic languages. Unfortunately I can't find written text on this language so it would be quite difficult to work on. |
Sources: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sgw/ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaha_language | Sources: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sgw/ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaha_language | ||
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== Belizean Creole == | == Belizean Creole == | ||
| − | Belizean Creole is a language spoken by approximately 150,000 people in Belize. | + | Belizean Creole is a language spoken by approximately 150,000 people in Belize.It uses a Subject-Verb-Object order (SVO),There are no morphologically marked past tense forms corresponding to English -ed -t.The present tense verb is not marked overtly in Kriol. It also does not indicate number or person.The orthography of the language is being standardized. |
== Nauru == | == Nauru == | ||
| − | Nauru is a language spoken by approximately 10,100 people in Nauru. | + | Nauru is a language spoken by approximately 10,100 people in Nauru. There are some texts are available |
| − | Sources: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ | + | Sources:https://www.ethnologue.com/language/nau/ , |
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Latest revision as of 16:05, 28 January 2025
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Preferred Pair
Since I am majoring in Computer Science I’d like to work with someone who is good with linguistics !
Three Languages that I would like to work on
1. Sebat Bet Gurage 2. Belizean Creole 3. Nauru
Sebat Bet Gurage
Sebat Bet Gurage is a language spoken by about 2.5 million people in Southwest Ethiopia. The phrase " Sebat Bet" directly translates into seven houses and references the number of variants of this language. The most researched variant of the Sebat Bet Gurage language is Chaha. Chaha is primarily a fusional language due to its reliance on root-and-pattern morphology and the fusion of multiple grammatical categories into single affixes. It's SOV and uses Devoicing and "gemination". It uses the ge'ez script like most other Ethio-Semetic languages. Unfortunately I can't find written text on this language so it would be quite difficult to work on.
Sources: https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sgw/ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaha_language
Belizean Creole
Belizean Creole is a language spoken by approximately 150,000 people in Belize.It uses a Subject-Verb-Object order (SVO),There are no morphologically marked past tense forms corresponding to English -ed -t.The present tense verb is not marked overtly in Kriol. It also does not indicate number or person.The orthography of the language is being standardized.
Nauru
Nauru is a language spoken by approximately 10,100 people in Nauru. There are some texts are available
Sources:https://www.ethnologue.com/language/nau/ ,
