Language
Ikalanga
Anaphoric markers
| Name | Description | Answerset | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Independent Pronoun | Ikalanga | Sections: Pronominal_properties(8)
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| 2 | kukwe | Pronominal | Ikalanga | Sections: Pronominal_properties(6)
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| 3 | null argument | Null argument interpreted reflexively | Ikalanga | Sections: Marker_shape(5),
Structural_context(9),
Readings(5)
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| 4 | OM | Verbal object marker | Ikalanga | Sections: Marker_shape(1),
Pronominal_properties(7)
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| 5 | RCM | Reciprocal verbal affix | Ikalanga | Sections: Marker_shape(4),
Readings(3)
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| 6 | RFM | Reflexive verbal affix | Ikalanga | Sections: Marker_shape(7),
Structural_context(22),
Readings(3)
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| 7 | SM | Subject Marker affix on verb | Ikalanga | Sections: Pronominal_properties(7)
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Example Sentences
There are 711 example sentences.
Language Properties
Some syntactic properties of the language
Word order
| Consistently SVO |
General information about the language
ISO code (ISO 639-3), aka Ethnologue code
| kck |
Language name
| Ikalanga | |
| Comments | Also called Kalanga. |
Dialect/variety reported
| Chililima, Central District Dialect |
Genetic classification (Ethnologue)
| Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Shona (S.16) |
Language group (Ethnologue top level)
| Niger-Congo |
Language consultant information
Consultant name
| Rose Letsholo |
Gender of consultant
| female |
Occupation
| Professor, Department of English, University of Bostwana |
Level of education
| PhD |
Learned language at age
| Mother tongue |
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?
| Rose Letsholo and Ken Safir using the Anaphora Questionnaire back in 2006. Subsequent work without a questionnaire was entered based on joint work on C-agreement. |
Status of data in database
Is the information for the sentences entered complete?
| Data for entered sentences is complete | |
| Comments | The sentence properties are complete as far as the analytic entities are complete. |
Is the data for markers in this language complete?
| Data for markers incomplete | |
| Comments | The data is relatively complete for anaphoric markers but not for the analytic entities of the CC Portal. |
Is the sentence data likely to change soon?
| New sentence data will be entered in the near future |