Change viewing parameters
Switch to Russian version
Select another database

A global linguistic database :

Search within this database
Total of 5736 records 287 pages

Pages: 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Back: 1 20
Forward: 1 20 50 100 200
\data\typol\typology
Number: 921
Language: Komo
Alternate Name: Kuumu
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone D: Bira-Huku
Other Sources: E
Consonant system:

   




Syntax: SVO
Number: 922
Language: Kare
Location: Democratic Republic of Congo
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone D: Bira-Huku
Consonant system:

   




Number: 923
Language: Nyanga1
Location: Democratic Republic of Congo
Population: 25,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone D: Nyanga
Consonant system:

   




Number: 924
Language: Bembe1
Location: Democratic Republic of Congo
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone D: Bembe
Consonant system:

   




Number: 925
Language: Buyu
Location: Democratic Republic of Congo
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone D: Bembe
Consonant system:

   




Number: 926
Language: Logoli
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Logoli-Kuria
Consonant system:

   




Number: 927
Language: Gusii
Location: SW Kenya (S Nyanza)
Population: 700,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Logoli-Kuria
Other Sources: Whiteley, W. H. 1960. The Tense System of Gusii. Kampala: East African Institute of Social Research.
Consonant system:

   (p) t k
mb nd ŋɡ
    č
ñɡ̌
    s
β ɣ
m n ñ ŋ
    r

Stops: (p) mb t nd k ŋɡ
Affricates: č ñɡ̌
Fricatives: β s ɣ
Nasals: m n ñ ŋ
Vibrants: r
Modified Consonants:

   Nc b t d k ɡ č ɡ̌ s
cʷ b t k ɡ č s m n ñ ŋ r & all Nc except ñɡ̌

Glides: j w
Vowel system:

   

Front Vowels: i e ɛ
Central Vowels: a
Back Vowels: u o ɔ
Long Vowels: v̄ all
Syllable: (C)(w)V(C)
Tones: hi mid lo ris fall
Syntax: SVO NA ND
Number: 928
Language: Kuria
Population: 94,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Logoli-Kuria
Consonant system:

   




Number: 929
Language: Zanaki
Population: 23,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Logoli-Kuria
Consonant system:

   




Number: 930
Language: Nata
Population: 9,500
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Logoli-Kuria
Consonant system:

   




Number: 931
Language: Sonjo
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Logoli-Kuria
Consonant system:

   




Number: 932
Language: Ngurimi
Population: 11,800
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Logoli-Kuria
Consonant system:

   




Number: 933
Language: Kikuyu
Location: Kenya
Population: 2 million
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Kikuyu-Kamba
Dictionary:

   Benson, T. G. 1964. Kikuyu-English Dictionary. London: Oxford Univ Press.
Barlow, A. Ruffell. 1975. English-Kikuyu Dictionary. London: Oxford Univ Press.

TextBooks: Leakey, L. S. B. 1959. First Lessons in Kikuyu. Nairobi: The Eagle Press.
Other Sources: Armstrong, Lilias E. 1940. The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. London: Oxford Univ Press.
Consonant system:

    t k (ʔ)
mb nd ŋɡ
    č
ñɡ̌
    h
β ð ɣ
m n ñ ŋ
    ɹ

Stops: mb t nd k ŋɡ (ʔ)
Affricates: č ñɡ̌
Fricatives: β ð ɣ h
Nasals: m n ñ ŋ
Vibrants: ɹ
Glides: j w
Vowel system:

   

Front Vowels: i e ɛ
Central Vowels: ǝ a
Back Vowels: u o ɔ
Long Vowels: v̄ all
Tones: hi mid lo ris fall
Stress: penult
Noun Number: s p
Noun Classes: 10
Demonstratives: 3
Pronouns:

   1 4
2 5
3 6
3 & 6 vary with noun class

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
Prep/Post: PREP
Number: 934
Language: Embu
Population: 200,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Kikuyu-Kamba
Consonant system:

   




Number: 935
Language: Meru
Location: Kenya
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Kikuyu-Kamba
Consonant system:

   




Number: 936
Language: Tharaka
Location: Kenya
Population: 52,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Kikuyu-Kamba
Grammar: GD: Lindblom, Gerhard. 1914. Outlines of a Tharaka Grammar. Uppsala: Archives d'Études Orientales.
Consonant system:

    t k
mb d ɡ G
    č
ñɡ̌
   θ s
β ð
m n ŋ
    (l)
    r

Stops: mb t d k ɡ G
Affricates: č ñɡ̌
Fricatives: β θ ð s
Nasals: m n ŋ
Laterals: (l)
Vibrants: r
Modified Consonants: Nc b t d ɡ ɡ̌ ð
Glides: j w ɯ̯
Vowel system:

   

Front Vowels: i I e ɛ
Central Vowels: ǝ a
Back Vowels: u o ɔ
Diphthongs: ai au ao
Stress: penult
Noun Number: s p
Noun Classes: 9
Demonstratives: 3
Pronouns:

   1 4
2 5
3 6
3 & 6 vary with noun class

Syntax: SVO NA ND N-POSS
Prep/Post: PREP
Number: 937
Language: Kamba
Location: S Kenya
Population: 933,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Kikuyu-Kamba
Dictionary:

   Mbiti, John S. 1959. English-Kamba Vocabulary. Nairobi: The Eagle Press.
A Kikamba-English Dictionary. 1970. Nairobi: Machakos.

Grammar:

   Farnsworth, E. M. 1957. A Kamba Grammar. n.p. Africa Inland Mission.
Lindblom, Gerhard. 1926. Notes on Kamba Grammar. Uppsala: Aktiebolag.

TextBooks: Whiteley, W. H and M. G. Muli. 1962. Practical Introduction to Kamba. London: Oxford Univ Press.
Other Sources: Ndumbu, J. M. G. and W. H. Whiteley. 1962. "Some Problems of Stability and Emphasis in Kamba One-Word Tenses," JAL 1, 167-80.
Consonant system:

    t̪ c k
mb nd̪ ŋɡ
    č
    ɡ̌
    s̪ š
β ð nz ž ɣʷ
m n̪ ñ ŋ
    l̪ ʎ

Stops: mb t̪ nd̪ c k ŋɡ
Affricates: č ɡ̌
Fricatives: β ð s̪ nz š ž ɣʷ
Nasals: m n̪ ñ ŋ
Laterals: l̪ ʎ
Modified Consonants:

   Nc b t d ɡ ɡ̌ ð s z w
cʷ t k ð β s m n ŋ l ɣ

Glides: j ɥ w
Vowel system:

   

Front Vowels: i I ɛ
Central Vowels: a
Back Vowels: u ʋ ɔ
Long Vowels: v̄ all
Tones: hi mid lo hi-fall mid-fall
Stress: root initial
Noun Number: s p
Noun Classes: 10
Demonstratives: 2 + ref
Articles: def
Pronouns:

   1 4
2 5
3* 6*
3 & 6 vary with noun class

Syntax: SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS N+D+A
Prep/Post: PREP
Number: 938
Language: Daiso
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Kikuyu-Kamba
Consonant system:

   




Number: 939
Language: Rwo
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Chaga
Consonant system:

   




Number: 940
Language: Chaga
Location: Tanzania
Population: 237,000
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Central: Zone E: Chaga
Other Sources: WALS
Consonant system:

   




Syntax: SVO
typology-language,typology-alternaten,typology-classifica,typology-othersourc,typology-consonants,typology-syntax,typology-language,typology-location,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-location,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-location,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-location,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-location,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-othersourc,typology-consonants,typology-stops,typology-affricates,typology-fricatives,typology-nasals,typology-vibrants,typology-modifiedco,typology-glides,typology-vowels,typology-frontvowel,typology-centralvow,typology-backvowels,typology-longvowels,typology-syllable,typology-tones,typology-syntax,typology-language,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-location,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-dictionary,typology-textbooks,typology-othersourc,typology-consonants,typology-stops,typology-affricates,typology-fricatives,typology-nasals,typology-vibrants,typology-glides,typology-vowels,typology-frontvowel,typology-centralvow,typology-backvowels,typology-longvowels,typology-tones,typology-stress,typology-nounnumber,typology-nounclasse,typology-demonstrat,typology-pronouns,typology-syntax,typology-preppost,typology-language,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-location,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-location,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-grammar,typology-consonants,typology-stops,typology-affricates,typology-fricatives,typology-nasals,typology-laterals,typology-vibrants,typology-modifiedco,typology-glides,typology-vowels,typology-frontvowel,typology-centralvow,typology-backvowels,typology-diphthongs,typology-stress,typology-nounnumber,typology-nounclasse,typology-demonstrat,typology-pronouns,typology-syntax,typology-preppost,typology-language,typology-location,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-dictionary,typology-grammar,typology-textbooks,typology-othersourc,typology-consonants,typology-stops,typology-affricates,typology-fricatives,typology-nasals,typology-laterals,typology-modifiedco,typology-glides,typology-vowels,typology-frontvowel,typology-centralvow,typology-backvowels,typology-longvowels,typology-tones,typology-stress,typology-nounnumber,typology-nounclasse,typology-demonstrat,typology-articles,typology-pronouns,typology-syntax,typology-preppost,typology-language,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-classifica,typology-consonants,typology-language,typology-location,typology-population,typology-classifica,typology-othersourc,typology-consonants,typology-syntax,
Total of 5736 records 287 pages

Pages: 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Back: 1 20
Forward: 1 20 50 100 200

Search within this database
Select another database

Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
22398116265515
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov