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===Basic Information===
 
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* Total number of speakers: 58,000 <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
 
* Total number of speakers: 58,000 <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Chamorro is spoken througout Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Chamorro is spoken throughout Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
 
* Chamorro speakers may also know English and/or Carolinian <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language</ref><ref>Ethnologue</ref>
 
* 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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* 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>
 
* The orthography follows the Latin script <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
 
* The orthography follows the Latin script <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
 
* ISO code: cha <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
 
* ISO code: cha <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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===Basic Information===
 
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* How many speakers are there
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* Total number of speakers: 843,000 in India <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Where do they live
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* Khasi is spoken in India and Bangladesh by the Khasi people<ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* What other languages might they know
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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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* What is the status of the language in terms of its transmission to current and future generations
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* The orthography now follows the Latin script <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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* Is there a normative orthography of some sort? What is the orthography like (what script / any interesting features)?
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* ISO code: kha <ref>Ethnologue</ref>
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Revision as of 02:52, 19 January 2017

Language Preferences

  1. Guaraní
  2. Chamorro
  3. Khasi

Guaraní

Morphological typology

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?

Basic Information

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

Text Sources

Chamorro

Morphological typology

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?

Basic Information

  • Total number of speakers: 58,000 [9]
  • Chamorro is spoken throughout Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands [10]
  • Chamorro speakers may also know English and/or Carolinian [11][12]
  • Chamorro is classified as "vulnerable."[13] It is taught at the University of Guam. [14]
  • The orthography follows the Latin script [15]
  • ISO code: cha [16]

Text Sources

Khasi

Morphological typology

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?

Basic Information

  • Total number of speakers: 843,000 in India [17]
  • Khasi is spoken in India and Bangladesh by the Khasi people[18]
  • Khasi is no longer endangered [19] [20]
  • The orthography now follows the Latin script [21]
  • ISO code: kha [22]

Text Sources

Categories

References

Guaraní

Chamorro

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