Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Chamorro (cha) Alternative Names  Tjamoro Family/Group  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian Area  SE Asia and Oceania General Data  spoken in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands Typological Information  • vowel harmony • VSO • concerning parts of speech it is often difficult to put Chamorro words into a single category since often one and the same word can function as a verb, noun or modifier (cf. Topping 1973: 101) Reduplication Form-Function  • initial CV-: word class derivation, pluralization • final -CV: intensification Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  Chamorro has many types of affixes, their ordering in relation to reduplication can approximately be summarized as follows (see Topping 1973: 172-173, 258): 1. suffixation 2. indefinite object prefix man-/fan-, passive prefix ma- 3. reduplication 4. infixation 5. plural subject prefix man-/fan- Stylistic Information  the number of times a syllable can be repeated depends partly on one's own speaking style when intensifying a modifier (adjective) in Chamorro through reduplication (cf. Topping 1973: 216) Forms  Select ValueCV V   Functions  Select Valueintensification pluralization word class derivation Patterns  Select Valuepartial Semantics  Select Valuecontinuity intensity other plurality   Word Classes  Select Valueadjective/adverb — adjective/adverb other — noun other — other pronoun — pronoun verb — adjective/adverb verb — noun verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References Topping, Donald M. 1973. Chamorro Reference Grammar. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press; (relevant pages: 102-105; 168; 171-174; 181-183; 191-192; 215-216; 258-261; 269; 271)     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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