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This page is in progress according to the format defined at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Language_Template.
Brief introduction to the language including anything noteworthy about the language. (See also Lingua Franca)
| Sabir (Native Name)
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| Spoken in:
Tunisia; Dodecanese Islands; Cyprus
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| Region:
| Region(s) within the above country(s)
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| Total speakers:
| XX million
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| Ranking:
| See [1] (http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/help/top-100-languages-by-population.html). If not in this top-100 list, write: Not in top 100
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Genetic
classification:
| Pidgin
Romance
Sabir
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| Official status
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| Official language of:
| CountryA, CountryB
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| Regulated by:
| None
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| Language codes
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| ISO 639-1 | crp
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| ISO 639-2(B) | xyz
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| ISO 639-2(T) | abc
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| SIL | PML
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History
Probable history of the language. What language(s) it is derived from. Dates of movement of major groups of speakers, etc.
Classification
A description of the genetic classification of the language.
Geographic distribution
In what countries/regions the language is spoken, and how many people speak it there.
Official status
List which countries have this language as an official language or other special status.
Dialects
List of dialects of the language. Major dialects with lots of information should probably have their own page.
Derived languages
Creoles and other languages that are derived from this language.
Sounds
Description of the sound set of the language. Can include phoneme charts and example words for each phoneme like in French language. If there is significant discussion here, it is probably best to divide the section into vowels and consonants subsections.
Vowels
Vowel chart and discussion of vowels.
Consonants
Consonant chart and discussion of consonants.
Phonology
Discussion of some major phonological processes, such as important allophones or assimilation rules.
Historical sound changes
Description of important sound changes in the history of the language. (Maybe this should go under history?)
Grammar
Description of the grammar of the language.
Vocabulary
This section should contain a discussion of any special features of the vocabulary (or lexicon) of the language, like if it contains a large number of borrowed words or a different sets of words for different politeness levels, taboo groups, etc.
Writing system
Brief description of the writing system(s) used to write the language. Writing systems have their own page, so what's written here should just be a brief discussion of how this language makes any special use of the writing system and a link to all the writing systems used to write the language.
Examples
Some short examples of the language in the writing system(s) used to write the language. You might also include sound samples of the language being spoken.
External links
Be sure to link to the Ethnologue report for the language. The relevant code is the SIL code.
- [2] (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=PML)
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