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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|name = Hantza | |name = Hantza | ||
|pronunciation = | |pronunciation = ˈhant͡sa | ||
|states = [[w:Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]], [[w:Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]], [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] | |states = [[w:Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]], [[w:Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]], [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] | ||
| | |setting = [[w:Central Asia|Central Asia]] | ||
|ethnicity = [[/ | |ethnicity = [[/Ethnology|Hantza]] | ||
|creator = User:Pá mamūnám ontā́ bán | |||
|speakers = 161,000 | |speakers = 161,000 | ||
|date = 2010 | |date = 2010 | ||
|familycolor = | |familycolor = Language isolate | ||
| | |dia1 = Karakum | ||
| | |dia2 = Balkan | ||
| | |dia3 = Qarshi | ||
|dia4 = Afghan | |||
|scripts = * [[/Alphabet|Hantza alphabet]] ([[w:Latin script|Latin script]]) | |||
|notice = IPA | |notice = IPA | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Hantza''' is pronounced natively as /ˈhant͡sa/ | '''Hantza''' is (pronounced natively as /ˈhant͡sa/, phonetically [ˈx̟änt͡sɐ] and is Anglicised to /ˈhænt͡sə/) is spoken in [[w:Central Asia|Central Asia]] by more than 160,00 people. The language is used vigorously and enthusiastically by its speakers and is passed on to child who are often monolingual. Adults may also speak [[w:Turkmen language|Turkmen]], [[w:Uzbek language|Uzbek]], [[w:Pashto language|Pashto]] or [[w:Dari language (Persian dialect)|Dari]]. The language is not known to be related to any other extant language and is therefore categorised as an isolate. It is spoken predominantly in [[w:Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]] (91,000 speakers), but also in [[w:Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]] (43,000) and [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] (27,000). | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable collapsible autocollapse" style="width: 600px; " | |||
! colspan="1" style=" text-align: center;"|''Map of the distribution of Hantza'' | |||
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|[[File:Hantza distribution.png|600px]] | |||
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The areas marked in red on the map above represent the approximate regions in which Hantza is spoken. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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| colspan="2"| a | | colspan="2"| a | ||
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==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
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==Morphophonological processes== | ==Morphophonological processes== | ||
*Reduplication | *Reduplication | ||
*Metathesis | *Metathesis | ||
* | *Assimilation/dissimilation | ||
*Elision/epenthesis | |||
*Lenition/fortition | |||
Common processes: | Common processes: | ||
*''-tit-'' > ''-tz-'' | *''-tit-'' > ''-tz-'' | ||
*''biy-'' + ''i-'' > ''bi-'' | |||
*''-`'' > ''-k-'' when a suffix is added that begins with a vowel | *''-`'' > ''-k-'' when a suffix is added that begins with a vowel | ||
*''o-'', ''u-'' > ''w-'' when added to a word that begins with a vowel | *''o-'', ''u-'' > ''w-'' when added to a word that begins with a vowel | ||
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*''a-'' > ''h-'' when added to a word that begins with a vowel | *''a-'' > ''h-'' when added to a word that begins with a vowel | ||
*Metathesis of ''P''+ ''NV'' > ''NPV'', e.g. reporatative + negative: ''-kap-'' + ''-mò'' = ''-kampò'' | *Metathesis of ''P''+ ''NV'' > ''NPV'', e.g. reporatative + negative: ''-kap-'' + ''-mò'' = ''-kampò'' | ||
*Across vocalic word boundaries the semi-vowels /j/ and /w/ may be introduced | |||
==Prosody== | ==Prosody== | ||
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*Animacy and agency | *Animacy and agency | ||
*Definiteness | *Definiteness | ||
Focus and topic (thème/rhème) | *Focus and topic (thème/rhème) | ||
*Relative clauses | *Relative clauses | ||
*Subordination and coordination | *Subordination and coordination | ||
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*Flora and fauna | *Flora and fauna | ||
*Idioms and proverbs | *Idioms and proverbs | ||
**English: How do you take your tea? Literally: How do you mix it? | |||
*Onomasticon | *Onomasticon | ||
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*Politics | *Politics | ||
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