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List in order of preference three languages you would like to work on this semester.
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== Language Preferences ==
 
#Guaraní
 
#Guaraní
 
#Chamorro
 
#Chamorro
 
#Khasi
 
#Khasi
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For each language, determine as best you can with the resources available a morphological typology of the language. E.g., is it primarily isolating, agglutinative, etc., and how do you know? Are there patterns in that language that reflect more than one morphological type?
 
  
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Determine basic information about each language. How many speakers are there, where do they live, what other languages might they know, what is the status of the language in terms of its transmission to current and future generations, is there a normative orthography of some sort? What is the orthography like (what script / any interesting features)? Provide ISO codes used for the language, especially three-letter ones. Basically all of this information should be findable on ethnologue and wikipedia (in one language or other), but feel free to use any source that seems reliable (academic papers, census data, etc.). Cite the sources you use.
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== Guaraní ==
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===Morphological typology===
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Guaraní is agglutinative, and is sometimes categorized as polysynthetic. Jesuit missionaries capitalized on the agglutinative nature of the language to form new Guaraní words that 'conveyed western concepts.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language</ref>' See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language#Grammar and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language#History for more detail.
  
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Give some estimation of how likely it will be for you to find about a page's worth of text in this language. (If it's not at all likely, you probably should find some other language to work on.)
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===Basic Information===
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* Specifically Paraguayan Guarani
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* Total number of speakers: 4,650,000 <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Guaraní is spoken mainly throughout South America[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Map-Guaraniphone_World.svg], especially in Paraguay and Bolivia, where it is an official language <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language</ref><ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Spanish is also an official language in many of the countries in which Guaraní is spoken <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language</ref><ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Guaraní is not currently endangered, and is widely spoken in Paraguay. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language</ref>
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* The orthography follows the Latin script <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* ISO code: gug <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
  
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Include a category tag for  and one for the name of each language. You should have four categories on your page, e.g. , [[Category:Abkhaz]], and one each for the other two languages.
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===Text Sources===
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Make use of MediaWiki formatting markup. E.g., each language can be a section, data can be formatted as bullet points out in tables, citations should make use of proper macros, etc.
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3133 Wikipedia pages have been written in Guaraní.
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Note that conflicts of first choice will be resolved by the first person to post their interest in the language by the wiki getting their earlier choice, and the other party getting a subsequent choice.
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== Chamorro ==
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===Morphological typology===
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Chamorro is primarily agglutinative. As an example, the word 'masanganenñaihon' contains the root verb 'sangan,' which is modified with multiple prefixes and suffixes. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language#Grammar for more detail.
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===Basic Information===
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* Total number of speakers: 58,000 <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Chamorro is spoken throughout Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Chamorro speakers may also know English and/or Carolinian <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language</ref><ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Chamorro is classified as "vulnerable."<ref>http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/846</ref> It is taught at the University of Guam. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language</ref>
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* The orthography follows the Latin script <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* ISO code: cha <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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===Text Sources===
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It is harder to find text sources for Chamorro. One link containing text comes from: http://ns.gov.gu/legends.html.
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== Khasi ==
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===Morphological typology===
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Although I don't see any formal classification online, I believe Khasi to be Analytic, as there is no inflectional morphology.
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===Basic Information===
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* Total number of speakers: 843,000 in India <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Khasi is spoken in India and Bangladesh by the Khasi people<ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Khasi is no longer endangered <ref>"The Khasi language is no longer in danger". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-09-29.</ref> <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khasi_language</ref>
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* The orthography now follows the Latin script <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* ISO code: kha <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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===Text Sources===
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An online newspaper is written in Khasi: http://www.mawphor.com/
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==References==
  
 
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Latest revision as of 03:53, 19 January 2017

Language Preferences

  1. Guaraní
  2. Chamorro
  3. Khasi

Guaraní

Morphological typology

Guaraní is agglutinative, and is sometimes categorized as polysynthetic. Jesuit missionaries capitalized on the agglutinative nature of the language to form new Guaraní words that 'conveyed western concepts.[1]' See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language#Grammar and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language#History for more detail.

Basic Information

  • Specifically Paraguayan Guarani
  • Total number of speakers: 4,650,000 [2]
  • Guaraní is spoken mainly throughout South America[1], especially in Paraguay and Bolivia, where it is an official language [3][4]
  • Spanish is also an official language in many of the countries in which Guaraní is spoken [5][6]
  • Guaraní is not currently endangered, and is widely spoken in Paraguay. [7]
  • The orthography follows the Latin script [8]
  • ISO code: gug [9]

Text Sources

3133 Wikipedia pages have been written in Guaraní.

Chamorro

Morphological typology

Chamorro is primarily agglutinative. As an example, the word 'masanganenñaihon' contains the root verb 'sangan,' which is modified with multiple prefixes and suffixes. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language#Grammar for more detail.

Basic Information

  • Total number of speakers: 58,000 [10]
  • Chamorro is spoken throughout Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands [11]
  • Chamorro speakers may also know English and/or Carolinian [12][13]
  • Chamorro is classified as "vulnerable."[14] It is taught at the University of Guam. [15]
  • The orthography follows the Latin script [16]
  • ISO code: cha [17]

Text Sources

It is harder to find text sources for Chamorro. One link containing text comes from: http://ns.gov.gu/legends.html.

Khasi

Morphological typology

Although I don't see any formal classification online, I believe Khasi to be Analytic, as there is no inflectional morphology.

Basic Information

  • Total number of speakers: 843,000 in India [18]
  • Khasi is spoken in India and Bangladesh by the Khasi people[19]
  • Khasi is no longer endangered [20] [21]
  • The orthography now follows the Latin script [22]
  • ISO code: kha [23]

Text Sources

An online newspaper is written in Khasi: http://www.mawphor.com/

References

  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language
  2. ↑ Ethnologue
  3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language
  4. ↑ Ethnologue
  5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language
  6. ↑ Ethnologue
  7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language
  8. ↑ Ethnologue
  9. ↑ Ethnologue
  10. ↑ Ethnologue
  11. ↑ Ethnologue
  12. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language
  13. ↑ Ethnologue
  14. ↑ http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/846
  15. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language
  16. ↑ Ethnologue
  17. ↑ Ethnologue
  18. ↑ Ethnologue
  19. ↑ Ethnologue
  20. ↑ "The Khasi language is no longer in danger". United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  21. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khasi_language
  22. ↑ Ethnologue
  23. ↑ Ethnologue
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