Feature 116A: Polar Questions

by Matthew S. Dryer

This feature is discussed in chapter 116. Related examples are available.

Values

Question particle (584 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (164 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (15 languages)
Interrogative word order (13 languages)
Absence of declarative morphemes (4 languages)
Interrogative intonation only (173 languages)
No interrogative-declarative distinction (1 languages)
  total: 954