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|nativename = ''Kándini tsúyi'' | |nativename = ''Kándini tsúyi'' | ||
|pronunciation = [kaŋtʼẽʔi t͡suβ̞ʝɪ] | |pronunciation = [kaŋtʼẽʔi t͡suβ̞ʝɪ] | ||
|region = | |region = West Africa | ||
|states = | |states = Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso | ||
|speakers = 4 million | |speakers = 4 million | ||
|date = 2014 | |date = 2014 | ||
|familycolor = | |familycolor = Afro-Asiatic | ||
|fam1 = Jasi-Jivan | |fam1 = Jasi-Jivan | ||
|fam2 = Tanisi | |fam2 = Tanisi | ||
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'''Tsan''' (''kándini tsúyi'' or ''tsani tsúyi'') is a language spoken by the Tsan people in | '''Tsan''' (''kándini tsúyi'' or ''tsani tsúyi'') is a language spoken by the Tsan people in Western Africa. 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]], which are also realised as voiced stops in some dialects. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
The Tsani inventory has been documented and assessed repeatedly since the 19<sup>th</sup> century, the foremost people in the field being the Belgian linguist Émile d'Ivoire and the Scottish linguist John Glenn Crossing, an expert on Jivan languages. This page uses a standard notation where C is a consonant, N a nasal consonant, and V is a vowel. Features are indicated by square brackets [ ] and plus or minus signs, ±. | The Tsani inventory has been documented and assessed repeatedly since the 19<sup>th</sup> century, the foremost people in the field being the Belgian linguist Émile d'Ivoire and the Scottish linguist John Glenn Crossing, an expert on Jivan languages. This page uses a standard notation where C is a consonant, N a nasal consonant, and V is a vowel. Features are indicated by square brackets [ ] and plus or minus signs, ±. | ||