Linguistic typology topics An agglutinativelanguage is a language that uses agglutination extensively ... . Additionally, and most importantly, in an agglutinativelanguage affixes do not become fused with others, and do not change form conditioned by others. Synthetic languages that are not agglutinative are called fusional language s they sometimes combine affixes by squeezing them together, often ... subject grammar subject and perfective grammatical aspect aspect . Agglutinative is sometimes used as a synonym for synthetic language synthetic , although it technically is not. When used in this way, the word embraces fusional language s and inflected language s in general. The distinction between an agglutinative and a fusional language is often not sharp. Rather, one should think of these as two ..., Japanese language Japanese is generally agglutinative, but expresses fusion in Nihongo ot to wikt younger brother , from oto hito originally oto pito . In fact, a synthetic language may present agglutinative features in its open lexicon but not in its case system e.g. German language German and Dutch language Dutch . Agglutinative languages tend to have a high rate of affixes morphemes per word, and to be very regular. For example, Japanese language Japanese has only three irregular ... Examples of agglutinative languages include Algonquian languages , namely Cree language Cree and Blackfoot ... peoples were agglutinative Sumerian language Sumerian Elamite language Elamite Hurrian language ... language Kassite Some constructed language s are agglutinative Esperanto Agglutination is a typological ... languages. For example, the Proto Uralic language , the ancestor of Uralic languages , was agglutinative ... 1972, pages 53, 190ff. ISBN 0 393 30034 X DEFAULTSORT AgglutinativeLanguage Category Agglutinative ... to glue together . ref OEtymD agglutination ref In agglutinative languages each affix typically represents ... language Spanish word com I ate , the suffix carries the meanings of indicative grammatical ... more details
On Language was a regular column in the weekly New York Times Magazine on the English language discussing popular etymology , new or unusual usages, and other language related topics. The inaugural column was published on February 18, 1979 and it was a regular popular feature. Many of the columns were collected in books. Columnist and journalist William Safire was one of the most frequent contributors from the inception of the column until Safire s death in 2009. He wrote the inaugural On Language column in 1979. ref http www.nytimes.com 2009 10 11 magazine 11FOB onlanguage t.html New York Times On Language The Maven, Nevermore about Safire s legacy ref starting it with the greeting How do you do. This is a new column about language. In more than 30 years, he contributed more than 1300 installments to the column. Safire was succeeded by Ben Zimmer , who wrote the column until its final edition on February 25, 2011. ref http www.nytimes.com 2011 02 27 magazine 27fob onlanguage t.html New York Times On Language The Future Tense ref About the cancellation of the column, the incoming editor of New York Times Magazine Hugo Lindgren explained this and other changes to the magazine It is mine now. I m in charge. We re going to be doing some significant redesign work, and have a newish magazine by the end of January. The big thing is, I want to create a kind of new identity for the front of the book section. That doesn t mean that everything s being tossed out. We re looking at everything and evaluating what sort of fits. ref http nymag.com daily intel 2010 11 new times magazine editor hugo.html New York Magazine New Times Magazine Editor Hugo Lindgren on His Plans Big Subjects, More T, and the End of The Way We Live Now ref References Reflist External links http topics.nytimes.com topics features magazine columns on language index.html A collection of On Language columns published in The New York Times DEFAULTSORT On Language Category English language Category The New York ... more details
About the properties of language in general other uses Language disambiguation File Lakhovsky Conversation.jpg ... Cuneiform is one of the first known forms of written language , but spoken language is believed to predate writing by tens of thousands of years at least. Language may refer either to the specifically ... of such a system of complex communication. The scientific study of language in any of its senses ... salient examples, but natural language s can also be based on visual rather than auditory stimulus physiology stimuli , for example in sign language s and written language . Code s and other kinds of constructed language artificially constructed communication systems such as those used for programming language computer programming can also be called languages. A language in this sense is a system ... ultimately from Latin lingua , language, tongue , via Old French . ref name AHD cite encyclopedia title language encyclopedia The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language edition 3rd year 1992 location Boston publisher Houghton Mifflin Company ref When used as a general concept, language .... Language as a communication system is thought to be fundamentally different from and of much ... a finite number of elements. Language is thought to have originated when early hominids first started ... with an increase in brain volume, and many linguists see the structures of language as having evolved to serve specific communicative functions. Language is neurolinguistics processed in many ... Wernicke s area s. Humans language acquisition acquire language through social interaction in early childhood, and children generally speak fluently when they are around three years old. The use of language ... identity , social stratification and for social grooming and entertainment . The word language ... from sequences of words. Languages language change evolve and diversify over time, and the history ... of languages that descend from a common ancestor is known as a language family . The languages ... more details
Infobox language name To nativename states Cameroon , Central African Republic ethnicity speakers none date NA ref e16 familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Mbum Day languages Mbum Day fam4 Mbum languages Mbum fam5 unclassified iso3 toz To is an unclassified Mbum languages Mbum language of northern Cameroon and the Central African Republic . It is only used as a second language , as the secret male initiation language of the Gbaya people Gbaya . References reflist Category Languages of Cameroon Category Adamawa languages Category Initiation languages Cameroon stub ... more details
Infobox Language name Are states Papua New Guinea region Milne Bay Province , tip of Cape Vogel speakers 1,230 familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western fam5 Papuan Tip languages Papuan Tip fam6 Kilivila nowrap Nuclear Papuan Tip fam7 Are Taupota languages Are Taupota fam8 Are languages Are iso3 mwc The Are language is an Austronesian language of the eastern Papua New Guinea n mainland, It s spoken by about 1,230 people. External links ethnologue mwc Category Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea PapuaNewGuinea stub au lang stub fr Are langue hr Are jezik is Are ... more details
Infobox language name Then states CHN region Pingtang County , southern Guizhou speakers 15,000 date 1999 ethnicity familycolor Tai Kadai fam2 Kam Sui languages Kam Sui iso3 tct The Then language also known as Y nghu ng in Chinese alternate spellings T en and Ten is a Kam Sui language spoken in Pingtang County , southern Guizhou . Phonology Yanghuang has 71 consonants total, including those with secondary articulation s. There are a total of 71 rhymes, 9 vowels, and 8 codas Bo 1997 . References Reflist Bo, Wenze. 1997. Yanghuang yu yan jiu A Study of Yanghuang Then . Beijing Zhong yang min zu da xue chu ban she. External links http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian language.php?id 719 Then word list from the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Tai Kadai languages Category Languages of China Category Kam Sui languages tk lang stub fr T en ... more details
Infobox language name Tubar extinct ? states Mexico familycolor Uto Aztecan fam1 Uto Aztecan fam2 Southern fam3 Taracahitic iso3 tbu Tubar or Tubare , is an extinct language of Mexico that belonged to the Uto Aztecan language family. Morphology Tubar is an agglutinativelanguage, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morpheme s strung together. References http www.ethnologue.com http www.native languages.org tubar.htm DEFAULTSORT Tubar Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Uto Aztecan languages Category Extinct languages of North America na lang stub br Toubareg es Idioma tubar nah Tubartlaht lli ... more details
Infobox Language name Car nativename Car familycolor Austro Asiatic states India region Nicobar Islands speakers 22,100 fam2 Nicobarese languages Nicobarese iso3 caq Car is the most widely spoken of the Nicobarese languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India . Although related distantly to Vietnamese language Vietnamese and Khmer language Khmer , it is typologically much more akin to nearly Austronesian languages such as Nias language Nias and Acehnese language Acehnese , with which it forms a linguistic area . ref Cysouw, Michael http email.eva.mpg.de cysouw pdf cysouwDGFS2005.pdf Quantitative explorations of the world wide distribution of rare characteristics, or the exceptionality of north western European languages pp. 11 12 ref Car is a Verb object subject VOS language and somewhat agglutinativelanguageagglutinative . ref http wals.info languoid lect wals code nca WALS Nicobarese ref There is a quite complicated verbal suffix system with some infix es, as well as distinct genitive and interrogative cases for nouns and pronouns. ref Whitehead, Rev. G. Dictionary of the Car Nicobarese language published 1925 by American Baptist Mission Press pp. xxvi xxxii ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Car Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Mon Khmer languages Category Verb object subject languages Category Languages of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands br Kareg Inizi Nikobar de Car Sprache pms Lenga nicobarese, car ru ... more details
Incubator code dlg Infobox language name Dolgan nativename unicode Dul an , unicode Haka ethnicity Dolgans states Russia region Krasnoyarsk Krai speakers 5,000 familycolor Altaic fam1 Turkic languages Turkic fam2 Siberian Turkic fam3 Northern iso3 dlg map SakhaDolganWorld.jpg mapcaption Sakha dark blue and Dolgan blue The Dolgan language is a Turkic languages Turkic language with around 5,000 speakers, spoken in the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia . Its speakers are known as the Dolgans . Classification Dolgan is a member of the Turkic languages Northern Turkic family of languages, within which its closest relative is Yakut language Sakha Yakut . Like Finnish language Finnish , Hungarian language Hungarian , and Turkish language Turkish , Dolgan has vowel harmony , is Agglutinativelanguageagglutinative , and has no grammatical gender . Word order is usually subject object verb . See also Portalbox Russia Languages Dolgans http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code dlg Ethnologue entry for Dolgan Further reading Stachowski, M. Dolganischer Wortschatz , Krak w 1993 Dolganischer Wortschatz. Supplementband , Krak w 1998 . Stachowski, M. Dolganische Wortbildung , Krak w 1997. References reflist Turkic languages Languages of Russia DEFAULTSORT Dolgan Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Turkic languages Category Languages of Russia Category Krasnoyarsk Krai bg br Dolganeg de Dolganische Sprache fa fr Dolgane gag Dolgan dili ko kk lv Dolganu valoda lt Dolgan kalba mk ms Bahasa Dolgan nl Dolgaans no Dolgansk nn Dolgansk mhr pms Lenga dolgan ru fi Dolgaanin kieli tt tr Dolganca uk zh ... more details
Infobox language name Adang nativename Hamap region Alor Island speakers 37,000 date 2000 familycolor Papuan fam1 Trans New Guinea languages Trans New Guinea fam2 West Trans New Guinea languages West Trans New Guinea fam3 Alor Pantar languages Alor Pantar fam4 Alor languages Alor lc1 adn ld1 Adang lc2 hmu ld2 Hamap lc3 klz ld3 Kabola The Adang language is spoken on the island of Alor in Indonesia . According to Ethnologue the language has 31,814 speakers As of 2000 lc on . ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code adn Ethnologue Adang ref The language is agglutinative. The Hamap dialect is sometimes treated as a separate language on the other hand, Kabola , which is sociolinguistically distinct, is sometimes included. Notes references Further reading Haan, J. W. 2001 The Grammar of Adang A Papuan Language Spoken on the Island of Alor East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia PhD thesis DEFAULTSORT Adang Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Languages of Indonesia Category Alor Pantar languages Category Alor Archipelago gl Lingua adang pms Lenga Adang ... more details
Infobox language name Muria states India region speakers 1.0 million date 2000 2007 ref e16 familycolor Dravidian fam2 South Central fam3 Gondi Kui fam4 Gondi languages Gondi lc1 emu ld1 Eastern Muria lc2 mut ld2 Western Muria lc3 fmu ld3 Far Western Muria Muria is a Dravidian languages Dravidian language spoken in India . Three varieties have minimal intelligibility. It shares its name with Maria language India Maria language . References reflist Dravidian languages DEFAULTSORT Maria Language India Category Agglutinative languages Category Dravidian languages Category Languages of India Dr lang stub ... more details
Infobox language name Kolami states India region speakers 115,000 date 1997 ethnicity familycolor Dravidian fam2 Central fam3 Kolami Naiki iso3 kfb Kolami Northwestern Kolami is a tribal Central Dravidian language used in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states of India. It takes route from the central branch of Dravidian Language tree and falls under Kolami Paraji group of languages. Dravidian languages DEFAULTSORT Kolami Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Dravidian languages Category Languages of Andhra Pradesh Dr lang stub br Kolameg de Kolami fr Kolami la Lingua Kolami mk pms Lenga Kolami nord ossidental ru sk Kol m fi Kolamin kieli ta th ... more details
Infobox language nativename Mototzintlec name Mocho states Mexico region Eastern Chiapas villages of Tuzatl n and Motozintla speakers 170 date 1990 date census familycolor American fam1 Mayan languages Mayan fam2 Q anjobalan languages Q anjobalan Chujean fam3 Q anjobalan iso3 mhc Mocho or Mototzintlec is a language belonging to the western branch of Mayan language s spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas . The two dialects of Mocho are spoken in two different villages the Tuzantec dialect in Tuzant n and the Motozintlec dialect in Motozintla . DEFAULTSORT Mocho Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Indigenous languages of Mexico Category Mayan languages Category Mesoamerican languages Mexico stub Na lang stub fr Mocho mk no Mocho spr k pms Lenga mocho pt L ngua moch ... more details
Infobox language name Cha Palaachi speakers 10,000 date 2004 region Ecuador familycolor American fam1 Barbacoan languages Barbacoan fam2 Southern? iso3 cbi Cha Palaachi also known as Chachi or Cayapa is a Barbacoan languages Barbacoan language spoken in northern Ecuador by ca. 3000 ethnic Chachi people . Cha palaachi means language of the Chachi people . This language was described in part by the missionary P. Alberto Vittadello, who, by the time his description was published in Guayaquil Ecuador in 1988, had lived for seven years among the tribe. Cha palaachi has an agglutinative morphology linguistics morphology . It is also case marking, with a Subject Object Verb word order. Cha palaachi is written using the Latin Alphabet, making use of the following graphemes A, B, C, CH, D, DY, E, F, G, GU, HU, I, J, L, LL, M, N, , P, QU, R, S, SH, T, TS, TY, U, V, Y, and The writing system includes four simple vowels, and four double vowels A, E, I, U, AA, EE, II, UU References http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code cbi Ethnologue on Cha palaachi http www.native languages.org cayapa.htm Native Languages on Cha palaachi, with links DEFAULTSORT Chapalaachi Category Agglutinative languages Category Languages of Ecuador Category Barbacoan languages Category Endangered Barbacoan languages Ecuador stub na lang stub es Idioma cha palaachi fr Cayapa qu Chapalachi simi ru ... more details
Infobox language name Biatah nativename states Malaysia region Borneo speakers 72,000 ethnicity Bidayuh familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian MP fam3 Bornean languages Bornean ? fam4 Land Dayak languages Land Dayak fam5 Bidayuh languages Bidayuh iso3 bth The Biatah language is spoken in the Malaysia n state of Sarawak and the Indonesia n province of Kalimantan Barat . It belongs to the Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages Austronesian language family . Category Agglutinative languages Category Languages of Malaysia Category Land Dayak languages fr Biatah bidayuh pms Lenga Biatah ... more details
distinguish Tepehua language Infobox language name Tepehu n nativename O otham states Mexico region Chihuahua state Chihuahua , Durango speakers 25,500 date 2005 ref e16 familycolor Uto Aztecan fam1 Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan fam2 Tepiman languages Tepiman dia1 Tepecano language Tepecano lc1 ntp ld1 Northern Tepehu n lc2 stp ld2 Southeastern Tepehu n lc3 tla ld3 Southwestern Tepehu n lc4 tep ld4 Tepecano language Tepecano Tepehu n Tepehuano, Tepecano is the name of two closely related languages of the Piman languages Piman branch of the Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan language family, both spoken in northern Mexico . The language is called O otham by its speakers. Northern Tepehu n Northern Tepehu n is spoken by 8,000 Tepehu n people 1990 census in the south of the state of Chihuahua state Chihuahua . Southern Tepehu n Southern Tepehu n is divided into the southeastern and southwestern group. Southeastern Tepehu n is spoken by 9,937 people 2000 WCD in the Mezquital Municipio of the state of Durango . Southern Tepehu n coexists with the Mexicanero nahuatl language , there is some intermarriage between the two ethnic groups and a number of speakers are trilingual in Mexicanero, Tepehu n and Spanish language Spanish The extinct Tepecano language appears to have been a variety of Southern Tepehu n. Southwestern Tepehu n is spoken by around 8,187 2000 WCD people in Southwestern Durango. Media Tepehu n language programming is carried by the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples CDI s radio stations XEJMN AM , broadcasting from Jes s Mar a, Nayarit , and XETAR , based in Guachochi, Chihuahua Guachochi , Chihuahua state Chihuahua . Morphology Tepehu n is an agglutinativelanguage, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morpheme s strung together. References reflist Languages of Mexico DEFAULTSORT Pimic, Tepehuan, Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Uto Aztecan languages Category Indigenous languages ... more details
Infobox Language name Chenchu nativename states India region Andhra Pradesh highest concentration in Kurnool district , Karnataka and Orissa speakers 26,000 date 2007 ref e16 ethnicity Chenchu people familycolor Dravidian fam2 South Central fam3 Telugu languages Telugu iso3 cde notice Indic Chenchu language is a Dravidian languages Dravidian language which belongs to the Telugu branch of its South Central family. This language is spoken mostly in Andhra Pradesh state in India . This language is spoken by about 28,754 persons 1981 census of the Chenchu indigenous people Aboriginal forests hunter gatherer tribe. It is also called as Chenchukulam, Chenchwar, Chenswar or Choncharu. Notes reflist DEFAULTSORT Chenchu Language Category Dravidian languages Category Agglutinative languages Dr lang stub br Thenchoueg sv Chenchu ta ... more details
Infobox language name Temuan nativename states Malaysia region central and southern Peninsular Malaysia ethnicity Temuan people Temuan speakers 22,200 date 2003 familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian MP fam3 Nuclear Malayo Polynesian languages Nuclear MP fam4 Malayic languages Malayic fam5 Malayan languages Malayan fam6 Malay language Malay ? script Latin script Latin iso3 tmw The Temuan language Benua, bual Mutan, Niap , lang ms bahasa Temuan is an Austronesian languages Austronesian language spoken by the Temuan people , one of the Orang Asli or indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia in the states of Selangor , Pahang , Johor , and Negeri Sembilan . It has a degree of mutual intelligibility with the Malay language . Footnotes references External links http web.archive.org web 20091027022112 http geocities.com etemuan Temuan Web Page Orang Asli Temuan Webpage DEFAULTSORT Temuan Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Languages of Malaysia Category Malayic languages au lang stub Malaysia stub fr Temuan id Bahasa Temuan ms Temuan ... more details
Infobox language name Salchuq states Iran speakers unknown familycolor Altaic fam1 Turkic languages Turkic fam2 Oghuz languages Oghuz fam3 Azerbaijani language Azerbaijani iso3 slq lingua part of Oghuz languages 44 AAB a Salchuq also Salchuk is a Turkic languages Turkic language spoken in Iran . It is probably a dialect of Azerbaijani language Azerbaijani although ISO 639 3 and Ethnologue list it as a separate language. ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code slq Ethnologue entry for Salchuq External links DEFAULTSORT Salchuq Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Turkic languages Category Languages of Iran lang stub br Salchoukeg hr Salchuq jezik pms Lenga salchuq ru ... more details
Infobox Language name Nagarchal nativename familycolor Dravidian states India speakers few if any fam2 South Central fam3 Gondi Kui fam4 Gondi languages Gondi nation agency iso3 nbg Nagarchal is a Dravidian language in India . According to the 1971 census, there were 7091 speakers of the language, but they have shifted to Hindi and Gondi language Gondi . The Nagarchal speakers live in the Balaghat, Chhindwara, Mandla and Seoni districts of Madhya Pradesh , the Durg District of Chhattisgarh , the Bhandara District in Maharashtra , and Rajasthan . Nagarchal speakers are sometimes referred to as Nagarchi. ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code nbg Ethnologue report for language code nbg Bot generated title ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Nagarchal Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Dravidian languages pms Lenga Nagarchal sv Gond Dialekter ta ... more details
Infobox language name Serrano extinct ? ethnicity states United States region Southern California familycolor Uto Aztecan fam1 Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan fam2 Takic languages Takic fam3 Serran languages Serran map Serrano language.png mapcaption iso3 ser The Serrano language is a language in the Takic branch of the Uto Aztecan family spoken by the Serrano people Serrano people of Southern California . The language is closely related to Tongva language Tongva and Kitanemuk language Kitanemuk . It is nearly extinct, but there are attempts at reviving it both at the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians , and Morongo Band of Mission Indians Indian reservation reservations . According to some accounts there was 1 speaker in 1994, however this point may be disputed. Citation needed date September 2009 Morphology Serrano is an agglutinativelanguage, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morpheme s strung together. External links http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code ser Ethnologue report http www.limuproject.org The Limu Project active language revitalization http www.dorothyramon.org Dorothy Ram n Learning Center , Banning, California http www.sanmanuel nsn.gov San Manuel Band of Mission Indians http www.morongonation.org Morongo Band of Mission Indians http linguistics.berkeley.edu survey languages serrano.php Serrano language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Populations of Native California Groups DEFAULTSORT Serrano, Language Category Serrano people Category Agglutinative languages Takic Category Indigenous languages of California na lang stub es Idioma serrano fr Serrano langue ... more details
Infobox language name Masalit nativename kana masara states Sudan , Chad region Dar Masalit Darfur speakers 240,000 ethnicity Masalit people familycolor Nilo Saharan fam2 Maban languages Maban fam3 Masalit languages lc1 mls ld1 Masalit lc2 mdg ld2 Malalat Masalit autonym kana masara is a Maban language spoken by the Masalit people in western Darfur . It has two sociolect s heavy Masalit, with a complicated agglutinative grammar, spoken by higher ranking people and in the countryside, and light , spoken particularly in the home and in the market, with a somewhat simplified grammatical structure and many borrowings from Sudanese Arabic , the regional lingua franca and language of education. The Massalat moved west into Chad, and have almost entirely switched to Arabic. Bibliography Edgar, John. A Masalit grammar with notes on other languages of Darfur and Wadai. Berlin D. Reimer, 1989. Sprache und Oralitat in Afrika 3 . http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code mls Ethnologue report External links refbegin http llmap.org languages mls.html Map of Masalit language from the LL Map project http multitree.org codes mls Information on Masalit language from the MultiTree project http www.nytimes.com 2010 04 29 nyregion 29lost.html The Lost Languages, Found in New York NYTimes.com refend DEFAULTSORT Masalit Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Maban languages Category Languages of Sudan Category Languages of Chad ns lang stub br Masaliteg fr Masalit langue mk pt L ngua masalit ... more details
Infobox language name Ongamo nativename Ngasa ethnicity Ngasa people familycolor Nilo Saharan states Tanzania region extinct ? fam2 Eastern Sudanic languages Eastern Saharan fam3 Eastern Nilotic languages Eastern Nilotic fam4 Lotuxo Teso fam5 Lotuxo Maa fam6 Maa languages Maa iso3 nsg Ongamo , or Ngasa , is an endangered or extinct Eastern Nilotic languages Eastern Nilotic language of the Ngasa people of Tanzania . It is related to the Maa languages , but it is more distantly related to them than the Maa languages are to each other. Ongamo has 60 of lexical similarity with Maasai language Maasai , 59 with Samburu language Samburu , 58 with Camus language Camus . Many of its speakers have shifted to Chaga languages Chagga , a dominant regional Bantu languages Bantu language . References Sommer, Gabriele 1992 A survey on language death in Africa , in Brenzinger, Matthias ed. Language Death Factual and Theoretical Explorations with Special Reference to East Africa . Berlin New York Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 301&ndash 417. DEFAULTSORT Ongamo Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Languages of Tanzania Category Eastern Nilotic languages Category Endangered languages of Africa ns lang stub br Ongamoeg fr Ongamo ... more details
Infobox language name Kangjia states China region Qinghai speakers 300 familycolor Altaic fam1 Mongolic languages Mongolic fam2 Shirongolic iso3 kxs The Kangjia language in Chinese, K ngji Y is a recently discovered Mongolic language spoken by a Muslim population of around 300 people in Jainca County Jainca Jianzha County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai province of China. As to its taxonomic affiliation, Kangjia seems to be an intermediate between Bonan language and Dongxiang language Santa . References Kim, Stephen S. Santa . In Juha Janhunen ed. . The Mongolic Languages . New York Routledge, 2003. pp. 347 8. Siqinchaoketu Sechenchogtu . Kangjiayu Yanjiu A Study of the Kangjia Language . Shanghai Yuandong Chubanshe, 1999. External links http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code kxs Ethnologue report for language code kxs http www.ethnic languages.org.cn kangjiayu.htm The Website of China s Minority Language Studies zh icon DEFAULTSORT Kangjia Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Mongolic languages Category Languages of China Category Endangered languages lang stub fr Kangjia mk pms Lenga kangjia zh ... more details
One source date June 2011 Infobox language name Lop nativename or t l speakers date ethnicity states China region Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Lop County familycolor Altaic fam1 Turkic languages Turkic fam2 Uyghur Turkic languages Uyghuric fam3 Uyghur language Uyghur iso3 linglist uig lop Lop , also known as Lopnor or Lopnur is a language spoken in Lop County in Xinjiang , China . Classification Lop belongs to the Karluk branch of Turkic languages, along with Uyghur language Uyghur and Uzbek language Uzbek . Its status as a distinct language from Uyghur is disputed. Although it has some features that differentiate it from Standard language standard Uyghur, it is considered by some linguists to be one of its dialect s. ref cite web last Gordon first Raymond G. title Ethnologue report for language code uig publisher SIL International year 2005 url http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code uig accessdate 2007 12 24 ref References references Incubator code lp Turkic languages DEFAULTSORT Lop Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Turkic languages Category Languages of China gag Lop dili mk ru tr Lop dili uk ... more details
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