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General sources: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemannic_German][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_German][https://www.ethnologue.com/language/gsw] | General sources: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemannic_German][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_German][https://www.ethnologue.com/language/gsw] | ||
| − | * ISO code: <code>gsw</code> | + | * '''ISO code:''' <code>gsw</code> |
* '''Morphological typology:''' Mostly fairly similar to German but I don't have enough expertise to interpret the Wikipedia articles on this | * '''Morphological typology:''' Mostly fairly similar to German but I don't have enough expertise to interpret the Wikipedia articles on this | ||
* '''Speakers:''' About 5-10 million | * '''Speakers:''' About 5-10 million | ||
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General sources: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshallese_language][https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mah] | General sources: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshallese_language][https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mah] | ||
| − | * ISO code: <code>mah</code> | + | * '''ISO code:''' <code>mah</code> |
* '''Morphological typology:''' I don't have enough expertise to interpret the Wikipedia articles on this | * '''Morphological typology:''' I don't have enough expertise to interpret the Wikipedia articles on this | ||
* '''Speakers:''' about 50,000-60,000, mostly in the Marshall Islands | * '''Speakers:''' about 50,000-60,000, mostly in the Marshall Islands | ||
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* '''Orthography:''' Latin script; two competing orthographies (one introduced by missionaries, one more recent); some problems with Unicode display of diacritics in some fonts | * '''Orthography:''' Latin script; two competing orthographies (one introduced by missionaries, one more recent); some problems with Unicode display of diacritics in some fonts | ||
* '''Text availability:''' Fairly easy to find some text; Bible translations available[https://language-archives.org/language/mah] | * '''Text availability:''' Fairly easy to find some text; Bible translations available[https://language-archives.org/language/mah] | ||
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| + | == Chatino == | ||
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| + | Actually consists of several dialects with varying degrees of mutual intelligibility | ||
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| + | General sources: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatino_language][https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ctp] | ||
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| + | * '''ISO codes:''' <code>cly</code>, <code>cta</code>, <code>ctp</code>, <code>ctz</code>, <code>cya</code>, <code>czn</code> | ||
| + | * '''Morphological typology:''' I don't have enough expertise to interpret the Wikipedia articles on this | ||
| + | * '''Speakers:''' About 50,000, namely the Chatino people in southern Oaxaca, Mexico | ||
| + | * '''Status:''' "Vigorous. All domains. Oral use in local administration, commerce, religious services, some in primary and secondary education. Used by all. Positive attitudes."[https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ctp] | ||
| + | * '''Orthography:''' No standardized orthography; a variety of proposed orthographies, generally all using some form of Latin script | ||
| + | * '''Text availability:''' Chatino-language children's books[https://emilygref.com/chatino/], online Bible[https://www.bible.com/bible/773/MAT.1.CTA] | ||
Revision as of 23:34, 21 January 2022
I'd probably want to work with someone with more experience in linguistics, as I have a fair bit of computer experience but am fairly lost when it comes to the language side of things.
Languages I might want to work with:
Alemannisch
- ISO code:
gsw - Morphological typology: Mostly fairly similar to German but I don't have enough expertise to interpret the Wikipedia articles on this
- Speakers: About 5-10 million
- Mostly in Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and southern Germany
- Also, spoken by some Amish communities in the United States, mostly in Indiana
- Also, in a small town in Venezuela (Colonia Tovar) founded in 1843 by German immigrants[4]
- Status: Categorized as 5 ("developing") by Ethnologue ("in vigorous use, with literature in a standardized form being used by some though this is not yet widespread or sustainable.")
- In very widespread use in Switzerland and Lichtenstein but endangered elsewhere
- Boundaries, categorization, etc. are somewhat nebulous, as while Swiss-German is not mutually intelligible with Standard German, speakers exist all along the dialect continuum
- Orthography: Swiss-German speakers in Switzerland use Standard German and/or Swiss Standard German for formal occasions, school instruction, all formal writing; hence, no defined orthography exists for Swiss-German
- Text availability: Swiss-German/Alemannisch Wikipedia exists[5], and it can be downloaded here: https://dumps.wikimedia.org/alswiki/20220120/
Marshallese
- ISO code:
mah - Morphological typology: I don't have enough expertise to interpret the Wikipedia articles on this
- Speakers: about 50,000-60,000, mostly in the Marshall Islands
- Status: National language of the Marshall Islands
- Orthography: Latin script; two competing orthographies (one introduced by missionaries, one more recent); some problems with Unicode display of diacritics in some fonts
- Text availability: Fairly easy to find some text; Bible translations available[8]
Chatino
Actually consists of several dialects with varying degrees of mutual intelligibility
- ISO codes:
cly,cta,ctp,ctz,cya,czn - Morphological typology: I don't have enough expertise to interpret the Wikipedia articles on this
- Speakers: About 50,000, namely the Chatino people in southern Oaxaca, Mexico
- Status: "Vigorous. All domains. Oral use in local administration, commerce, religious services, some in primary and secondary education. Used by all. Positive attitudes."[11]
- Orthography: No standardized orthography; a variety of proposed orthographies, generally all using some form of Latin script
- Text availability: Chatino-language children's books[12], online Bible[13]
