Language
CiNsenga
CiNsenga
Anaphoric markers
| Name | Description | Answerset | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independent Pronoun | Pronominal | CiNsenga | Sections: Pronominal_properties(7)
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| 2 | Inherent reflexive | null argument interpreted reflexively | CiNsenga | Sections: Marker_shape(1),
Structural_context(2),
Readings(1)
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| 3 | Kinship | CiNsenga | Sections: Marker_shape(1)
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| 4 | mwinicozi | CiNsenga | Sections: Marker_shape(1),
Readings(2)
| |
| 5 | OM | object marker | CiNsenga | Sections: Pronominal_properties(7)
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| 6 | pronoun-eka | pronoun-eka combination | CiNsenga | Sections: Marker_shape(12)
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| 7 | RCM | Verbal Affix Reciprocal | CiNsenga | Sections: Marker_shape(2),
Structural_context(5),
Readings(1)
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| 8 | RFM | Reflexive verbal affix | CiNsenga | Sections: Marker_shape(6),
Structural_context(9),
Readings(4)
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| 9 | SM | subject marker | CiNsenga | Sections: Pronominal_properties(7)
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Example Sentences
There are 302 example sentences.
Language Properties
Some syntactic properties of the language
Word order
| Consistently SVO |
General information about the language
Language name
| CiNsenga |
Genetic classification (Ethnologue)
| Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, N, |
Language group (Ethnologue top level)
| Niger-Congo |
Language consultant information
Consultant name
| Silvester Ron Simango |
Gender of consultant
| male |
Occupation
| Professor |
Level of education
| Ph.D. |
Language biography
| His parents spoke CiNsenga at home, which they spoke natively. He learned CiNsenga natively and received schooling in English and Cicewa. |
Learned language at age
| Mother tongue | |
| Comments | Both parents were native speakers. |
Familiarity with the language
| native speaker |
Formal knowledge of the grammar
| specialized knowledge, e.g., as language teacher or linguist |
Who participated in the elicitation?
| Ken Safir and Sylvester Ron Simango using an early version of the Anaphora Questionnaire. |
Status of data in database
Is the information for the sentences entered complete?
| Data for entered sentences is complete | |
| Comments | This data was collected early in the project and our glossing standards have since changed. The glossing has not yet been adjusted accordingly. |
Is the data for markers in this language complete?
| Data for markers incomplete | |
| Comments | Since this data was mostly recorded and entered in 2007-8 and collected a few years earlier, some revision might be necessary. |
Is the sentence data likely to change soon?
| No new sentence data will be entered in the near future | |
| Comments | There has been no new sentence data added since 2007, although there was some revision of the analytic entities in 2015. |