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|name = Tsan | |name = Tsan | ||
|nativename = '' | |nativename = ''Kándini tsúyi'' | ||
|pronunciation = [ | |pronunciation = [kə̯ɑ̃tʼẽʔi t͡suβ̞ʝɪ] | ||
|region = | |region = Caspian Sea | ||
|states = | |states = Kazakhstan | ||
|speakers = 4 million | |speakers = 4 million | ||
|date = 2014 | |date = 2014 | ||
|familycolor = Indo-European | |familycolor = Indo-European | ||
|fam1 = | |fam1 = Jasi-Jivan | ||
|fam2 = | |fam2 = Tanisi | ||
|ancestor = | |ancestor = Proto-Tanisi | ||
|dia1 = Western Tsan | |dia1 = Western Tsan | ||
|dia2 = Eastern Tsan | |dia2 = Eastern Tsan | ||
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'''Tsan''' | '''Tsan''' (''kándini tsúyi'' or ''tsani tsúyi'') is a language spoken by the Tsan people in south-western Kazakshtan. It belongs to the Tanisi language family and is thus distantly related to the [[Ris]] language. Tsani is a heavily [[w:agglutinative language|agglutinating]] with a complex verbal morphology. The language has repeatedly been analysed as lacking [[w:nouns|nouns]] and [[w:adjectives|adjectives]] altogether, in favour of [[w:verb|verb]]s. Phonologically it exhibits [[w:ejective consonants|ejective consonants]] also realised as voiced stops in some dialects. | ||
Tsani is a heavily [[w:agglutinative language|agglutinating]] with a complex verbal morphology. The language has repeatedly been analysed as lacking [[w:nouns|nouns]] and [[w:adjectives|adjectives]] altogether, in favour of [[w:verb|verb]]s. Phonologically it exhibits [[w: | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||