GRAMMAR:Zhukova, A.N. 1968. "Aljutorskij jazyk," in JNS 5, 294-309.
OTHERSOURC:Mel'č̌uk, Igor A. and Elena N. Savvina. 1978. "Toward a Formal Model of Alutor Surface Syntax: Predicative and Completive Constructions," Linguistics, Special Issue, 5-39.
CONSONANTS:
p t k q ʔ č s v ɣ m n ñ ŋ l ʎ r
STOPS:p t k q ʔ
AFFRICATES:č
FRICATIVES:v s ɣ
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l ʎ
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:c̄ all but ʔ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u ǝ a
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u
STRESS:mostly second, sometimes initial
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
DEMONSTRAT:3
PRONOUNS:
1 4d 4 2 5d 5 3 6d 6
SYNTAX:SVO AN
ERGATIVE:ERG
NOUNINCORP:NOUN INCORP
PREPPOST:/POST
NUMBER:2007
LANGUAGE:Kamchadal
ALTERNATEN:Itelmen
LOCATION:E Russia (W Kamchatkan Peninsula)
POPULATION:400
CLASSIFICA:Chukchi-Kamchatkan: Southern
DICTIONARY:Worth, Dean S. 1969. Dictionary of Western Kamchadal. UCPL 59.
GRAMMAR:Volodin, A.P. and A.N. Zhukova. 1968. "Itel'menskij jazyk," in JNS 5, 334-51.
OTHERSOURC:Worth, Dean Stoddard. 1961. Kamchadal Texts Collected by W. Jochelson. The Hague: Mouton.
CONSONANTS:
p pʔ t tʔ k kʔ q qʔ ʔ č čʔ f s x χ v z ɣ m n ñ ŋ l ɬ ʎ r
STOPS:p pʔ t tʔ k kʔ q qʔ ʔ
AFFRICATES:č čʔ
FRICATIVES:f v s z x ɣ χ
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l ɬ ʎ
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:c̄ k č s z ɣ m n ñ l w
GLIDES:j w w̥
VOWELS:
i u e o a ɑ
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɑ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ ?
SYLLABLE:(C)(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)
STRESS:penult (sometimes antepenult)
NOUNNUMBER:s p
DEMONSTRAT:2
PRONOUNS:
1 (4d) 4 2 (5d) 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SOV AN GN/NG DN NUM-N POSS-N/N-POSS
ERGATIVE:ERG
NOUNINCORP:NOUN INCORP
PREPPOST:/POST
COMMENTS:all bilingual in Russian
NUMBER:2008
LANGUAGE:Aleut
LOCATION:SW Alaska (Aleutian Islands)
POPULATION:600
CLASSIFICA:Eskimo-Aleut: Aleut
GRAMMAR:
GD: Geoghegan, Richard Henry. 1944. The Aleut Language. Washington, D,C.: Dept of the Interior. Menovshchikov, G.A. 1968. "Aleutskij jazyk" in JNS 5, 386-406.
CONSONANTS:
(p) t k q (b) s x χ h ð ɣ ʁ m n ŋ l ɬ r (in some dialects p > m, b > w)
STOPS:(p) (b) t k q (in some dialects p > m, b > w)
FRICATIVES:ð s x ɣ χ ʁ h
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l ɬ
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u
SYLLABLE:(C)(C)V(C)(C)
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
DEMONSTRAT:>20, +e.g This, that near visible, that inside, that far visible, that invisible, that above, that outside, that far away, that underneath, that not far away, that going past, that invisible far in time or space, that above close, that lying nearby, that
PRONOUNS:
1 4d 4 2 5d 5 3 6d 6
SYNTAX:SOV NA GN DN NUM-N POSS-N/N-POSS
ERGATIVE:ERG
PREPPOST:/POST
NUMBER:2009
LANGUAGE:Proto-Eskimo
LOCATION:Alaska
CLASSIFICA:Eskimo-Aleut: Eskimo
OTHERSOURC:Swadesh, Morris. 1952. "Unaaliq and Proto Eskimo IV: Diachronic Notes," IJAL 18, 166-71.
CONSONANTS:
p t k q
v s ɣ ʁ m n ŋ l ɬ
STOPS:p t k q
FRICATIVES:v s ɣ ʁ
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l ɬ
GLIDES:j
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u
ERGATIVE:
PREPPOST:
NUMBER:2010
LANGUAGE:Alaskan Inuit
LOCATION:Alaska
POPULATION:65,000
CLASSIFICA:Eskimo-Aleut: Eskimo: Inuit
CONSONANTS:
ERGATIVE:
PREPPOST:
NUMBER:2011
LANGUAGE:Canadian Inuit
DIALECT:Labrador Inuttut
LOCATION:E Canada (Labrador)
POPULATION:65,000
CLASSIFICA:Eskimo-Aleut: Eskimo: Inuit
GRAMMAR:Spalding, A.E. 1969. Salliq: An Eskimo Grammar. Ottawa: Education Branch, Dept. of Indian Affairs.
TEXTBOOKS:Webster, Donald H. 1968. Let's Learn Eskimo. Fairbanks: SIL.
Mase, Hideo and Jørgen Rischel,1972. "A Study of Consonant Quantity in West Greenlandic," IJDL 1:2, 138-95. WALS
CONSONANTS:
p t k q s š ɣ ʁ m n ŋ l
STOPS:p t k q
FRICATIVES:s š ɣ ʁ
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:c̄ all but j
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u a
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
DIPHTHONGS:ai only
SYLLABLE:CV(C)
SYNTAX:SOV
ERGATIVE:
PREPPOST:
NUMBER:2013
LANGUAGE:Alutiiq
ALTERNATEN:Pacific Gulf Yupik
LOCATION:Alaska (Kodiak Island)
POPULATION:2,000
CLASSIFICA:Eskimo-Aleut: Eskimo: Yupik: Alaskan
CONSONANTS:
ERGATIVE:
PREPPOST:
NUMBER:2014
LANGUAGE:Central Yupik
DIALECT:Yuk
LOCATION:W Alaska
POPULATION:14,500
CLASSIFICA:Eskimo-Aleut: Eskimo: Yupik: Alaskan
OTHERSOURC:
Miyaoka, Osahito. 1971. "On Syllable Modification and Quantity in Yuk," IJAL 37, 219-26. Swedish, Morris. 1951-2. "Unaaliq and Proto Eskimo I-III," IJAL 17, 66-70; 18, 25-34, & 69-76.
CONSONANTS:
p t k q č f v š ž x ɣ χ ʁ m n ŋ l ɬ
STOPS:p t k q
AFFRICATES:č
FRICATIVES:f v š ž x ɣ χ ʁ
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l ɬ
MODIFIEDCO:c̄
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u
LONGVOWELS:i a u
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
PRONOUNS:
1 4d 4 2 5d 5 3 6d 6
SYNTAX:SOV NUM-N N-POSS
ERGATIVE:
PREPPOST:/POST
NUMBER:2015
LANGUAGE:Sirenik
LOCATION:NE Russia (Siberia)
POPULATION:10
CLASSIFICA:Eskimo-Aleut: Eskimo: Yupik: Siberian
CONSONANTS:
ERGATIVE:
PREPPOST:
NUMBER:2016
LANGUAGE:Chaplino
DIALECT:St. Lawrence Island
LOCATION:W Alaska (St. Lawrence Island)
POPULATION:1,700
CLASSIFICA:Eskimo-Aleut: Eskimo: Yupik: Siberian
OTHERSOURC:Krauss, Michael E. 1976. "Eskimo-Aleut," in NLA 1, 191.
CONSONANTS:
p t k kʷ q qʷ
f v s z x ɣ xʷ ɣʷ χ ʁ χʷ ʁʷ (h) m m̥ n n̥ ŋ ŋ̥ ŋʷ ŋ̥ʷ l ɬ r r̥
STOPS:p t k kʷ q qʷ
FRICATIVES:f v s z x ɣ xʷ ɣʷ χ ʁ χʷ ʁʷ (h)
NASALS:m m̥ n n̥ ŋ ŋ̥ ŋʷ ŋ̥ʷ
LATERALS:l ɬ
VIBRANTS:r r̥
GLIDES:j
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:
u
LONGVOWELS:i a u
ERGATIVE:
PREPPOST:
NUMBER:2017
LANGUAGE:Chaplino
DIALECT:Siberian
LOCATION:NE Russia (Siberia)
POPULATION:1,700
CLASSIFICA:Eskimo-Aleut: Eskimo: Yupik: Siberian
GRAMMAR:
Menovshchikov, G.A. 1954. Eskimossko-russkij slovar'. Leningrad. Menovshehikov, G.A. 1962,1967. Grammatika jazyka aziatskix eskimosov, 2 vols. Moscow. Menovshchikov, G.A. 1968. "Eskimosskij jazyk," in JNS 5, 366-85.
CONSONANTS:
p t k q
f v s z š x ɣ χ ʁ m n n̥ ŋ l ɬ r
STOPS:p t k q
FRICATIVES:f v s z š x ɣ χ ʁ
NASALS:m n n̥ ŋ
LATERALS:l ɬ
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:u
LONGVOWELS:v̄
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
DEMONSTRAT:20: see the St. Lawrence Island dialect.
PRONOUNS:
1 4d 4 2 5d 5 3 6d 6
SYNTAX:SOV AN GN DN NUM-N POSS-N/N-POSS
ERGATIVE:ERG
PREPPOST:/POST
NUMBER:2018
LANGUAGE:Naukan
LOCATION:NE Russia (Siberia)
POPULATION:1,700
CLASSIFICA:Eskimo-Aleut: Eskimo: Yupik: Siberian
GRAMMAR:GD: Menovshchikov, G.A. 1975. Jazyk naukanskix eskimosov. Leningrad: Nauka.
CONSONANTS:
p t k q
v s x ɣ χ m n ŋ l ɬ r
STOPS:p t k q
FRICATIVES:v s x ɣ χ
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l ɬ
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i
CENTRALVOW:ɨ a
BACKVOWELS:u
LONGVOWELS:v̄
DIPHTHONGS:ʋi au ei iu eu ea ...
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)
NOUNNUMBER:s d p
DEMONSTRAT:20: (1) this close, (2) that in front, (3) this nearby, (4) that in the water, (5) that behind above, (6) that below, (7) that above, (8) that invisible, (9) that outside, (10) that outside close by, (11) that inside, (12) that invisible far away, (13) that behind not far, (14) that unknown, (15) that way above, (16) that on the mountain, (17) that far away, (18) that going past, (19) that drawing near, (20) that to the side
SYNTAX:SOV AN GN DN NUM-N POSS-N/N-POSS
ERGATIVE:ERG
PREPPOST:/POST
COMMENTS:Spoken in Siberia and on St. Lawrence Island, this the only language native to bother hemispheres. The Russian and American groups have, however, been isolated from each other since the inception of the Cold War in 1947.
NUMBER:2019
LANGUAGE:Elamite
DIALECT:Achaemenid
LOCATION:SW Iran
POPULATION:extinct (c. 1,000 A.D.)
CLASSIFICA:Elamo-Dravidian
OTHERSOURC:
McAlpin, David W. 1981. Proto-Elamo-Dravidian: The Evidence and its Implications. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. Blazek, Václav. 2002. "Elam: A Bridge between the Ancient Near East and Dravidian India?," Mother Tongue 7, 123-46. Starostin, George. 2002. "On the Genetic Affiliation of the Elamite Language," Mother Tongue 7, 147-70.
CONSONANTS:
p t k
s z š m n l r
STOPS:p t k
FRICATIVES:s z š
NASALS:m n
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:c̄
GLIDES:j (w)
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i (e)
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u
NOUNNUMBER:s p (normally used only with humans)
DEMONSTRAT:2
ARTICLES:def
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SOV NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS N+A+D
PREPPOST:POST
COMMENTS:McAlpin (1981), following earlier scholars, proposed that the extinct Elamite language was most closely related to the Dravidian family. Without denying this connection Blazek (2002) points out striking similarities with Afro-Asiatic. Starostin (2002) rejects a close connection with Dravidian and regards Elamite as in some sense intermediate between Nostratic and Afro-Asiatic. The precise position of Elamite is not yet clear.
NUMBER:2020
LANGUAGE:Proto-Dravidian
LOCATION:India
CLASSIFICA:Dravidian
OTHERSOURC:
Emeneau, M. B. 1970. Dravidian Comparative Phonology: A Sketch. Annamalainagar: Annamalai Univ. Pfeiffer, Martin. 1972. Elements of Kurux Historical Phonology. Leiden: E. J. Brill. Zvelebil, Kamil V. 1974. "Dravidian Languages," EB 5, 989-92.