Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Gayo (gay) Alternative Names  Gajo Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania General Data  • spoken in Indonesia (Sumatra) Typological Information  • full: pluralization, intensification, diminution, word class derivation, lexical enrichment • partial: pluralization, intensification, diminution, lexical enrichment, Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  • vowel-initial words can undergo full reduplication and not partial reduplication • consonant-initial words can undergo both full and partial reduplication Forms  Select Valueσσ CV word   Functions  Select Valuediminution intensification lexical enrichment pluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuefull partial full with affixation Semantics  Select Valuediminuity intensity other plurality similarity   Word Classes  Select Value0 — other adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — adjective/adverb noun — noun other — adjective/adverb other — other pronoun — pronoun verb — verb   All Examples  ⊞ References    Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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