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| − | == Papiamento/Papiamentu == | + | ==Papiamento/Papiamentu== |
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| − | === | + | ===Morphological Typology=== |
| − | I was unable to find what | + | I was unable to find what morphological typology Papiamento belongs to. I researched the different categories, and based on examples of written Papiamento and on the fact that its words are mostly derived from Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch, I would say Papiamento is a fusional language. |
====Ethnologue's Description of Papiamento's Typology==== | ====Ethnologue's Description of Papiamento's Typology==== | ||
| − | Maximum number of prefixes, 2; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects; affixes indicate case of noun phrases; verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject, object, other noun phrase—not obligatory; passives; causatives; comparatives; CVC. | + | Maximum number of prefixes, 2; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects; affixes indicate case of noun phrases; verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject, object, other noun phrase—not obligatory; passives; causatives; comparatives; CVC. (Ethnologue) |
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Primary sources in Papiamento can be found here: [http://www.language-archives.org/language/pap OLAC resources in and about the Papiamento language] | Primary sources in Papiamento can be found here: [http://www.language-archives.org/language/pap OLAC resources in and about the Papiamento language] | ||
| − | == Kaingang/Caingang == | + | ==Kaingang/Caingang== |
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| − | === | + | ===Morphological Typology=== |
| − | Again, I was unable to find explicitly what the | + | Again, I was unable to find explicitly what the morphological typology of Kaingang is. I believe it is agglutinative, but I'm not entirely sure. |
*Most common word patterns in Kaingang are cvcv (35%). ([https://www.jstor.org/stable/1263045?seq=3#metadata_info_tab_contents International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol XIV, p. 196]) | *Most common word patterns in Kaingang are cvcv (35%). ([https://www.jstor.org/stable/1263045?seq=3#metadata_info_tab_contents International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol XIV, p. 196]) | ||
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Texts in Kaingang can be found here: [http://www.language-archives.org/language/pap OLAC resources in and about the Kaingang language] | Texts in Kaingang can be found here: [http://www.language-archives.org/language/pap OLAC resources in and about the Kaingang language] | ||
| − | == | + | ==Sranan Tongo/Taki Taki== |
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| + | ===Morphological Typology=== | ||
| + | Sranan Tongo is very similar to English. I haven't been able to find definitely what category it falls under, but because of its similarity to English, I would say it is kind of analytical, kind of fusional like English. | ||
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| + | ===Basic Information=== | ||
| + | *ISO 639-3: srn (Ethnologue) | ||
| + | *Number of speakers: 715,700 (as L1: 415,700; as L2: 300,000). (Ethnologue) | ||
| + | *Spoken in: Suriname, French Guiana | ||
| + | *Speakers are likely to also know: Dutch (Ethnologue) | ||
| + | *It's possible that some speakers might also know: Sarnami Hindustani, Javanese, Ndyuka, Saramaccan (WIkipedia) | ||
| + | *Status of language: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Lingua franca of 80% of the country. (Ethnologue) | ||
| + | *Writing: Latin script (Ethnologue) | ||
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| + | ===Resources for Sranan Tongo=== | ||
| + | Texts in Sranan Tongo can be found here: [http://www.language-archives.org/language/srn OLAC resources in and about the Kaingang language] | ||
Revision as of 03:04, 24 January 2019
I would like to work with Erick because they approached me about working on a language spoken in Latin America, which is what I was hoping to do as well.
Papiamento/Papiamentu
Morphological Typology
I was unable to find what morphological typology Papiamento belongs to. I researched the different categories, and based on examples of written Papiamento and on the fact that its words are mostly derived from Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch, I would say Papiamento is a fusional language.
Ethnologue's Description of Papiamento's Typology
Maximum number of prefixes, 2; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects; affixes indicate case of noun phrases; verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject, object, other noun phrase—not obligatory; passives; causatives; comparatives; CVC. (Ethnologue)
Basic Information
- ISO 639-3: pap (Ethnologue)
- Number of speakers: 341,300 (Wikipedia/Ethnologue)
- Official language in: Aruba, Curaçao (Wikipedia)
- Recognized language in: Bonaire (Wikipedia)
- Speakers are likely to also know: Dutch, Spanish, English (Wikipedia)
- It's possible that some speakers might also know: Portuguese, Chinese, German, Spanish, French (Wikipedia)
- Status of language: 1. De facto national language. (Ethnologue)
- Writing: Latin script (Ethnologue)
- Orthography: Since the 1970s, two different orthographies were developed and adopted. In 1976, Curaçao and Bonaire officially adopted the Römer-Maduro-Jonis version, a phonetic spelling. In 1977, Aruba has approved a more etymological-based spelling presented by the Comision di Ortografia (Orthography Commission) presided by Jossy Mansur. (Wikipedia)
Resources for Papiamento
Primary sources in Papiamento can be found here: OLAC resources in and about the Papiamento language
Kaingang/Caingang
Morphological Typology
Again, I was unable to find explicitly what the morphological typology of Kaingang is. I believe it is agglutinative, but I'm not entirely sure.
- Most common word patterns in Kaingang are cvcv (35%). (International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol XIV, p. 196)
- 90% of Kaingang words are monosyllabic or bisyllabic. (International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol XIV, p. 196)
Basic Information
- ISO 639-3: kgp (Ethnologue)
- Number of speakers: 28,000 (Crevels 2011/Ethnologue)
- Spoken in: Southern Brazil and Southeast Brazil
- Speakers are likely to also know: Most in some villages also use Portuguese (Crevels 2007/Ethnologue)
- Status of language: 6b (Threatened).(Ethnologue)
- Writing: Latin script (Ethnologue)
Resources for Kaingang
Texts in Kaingang can be found here: OLAC resources in and about the Kaingang language
Sranan Tongo/Taki Taki
Morphological Typology
Sranan Tongo is very similar to English. I haven't been able to find definitely what category it falls under, but because of its similarity to English, I would say it is kind of analytical, kind of fusional like English.
Basic Information
- ISO 639-3: srn (Ethnologue)
- Number of speakers: 715,700 (as L1: 415,700; as L2: 300,000). (Ethnologue)
- Spoken in: Suriname, French Guiana
- Speakers are likely to also know: Dutch (Ethnologue)
- It's possible that some speakers might also know: Sarnami Hindustani, Javanese, Ndyuka, Saramaccan (WIkipedia)
- Status of language: 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Lingua franca of 80% of the country. (Ethnologue)
- Writing: Latin script (Ethnologue)
Resources for Sranan Tongo
Texts in Sranan Tongo can be found here: OLAC resources in and about the Kaingang language
