Matthew S. Dryer. 2013. Position of Negative Morpheme With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb. In: Dryer, Matthew S. & Haspelmath, Martin (eds.) WALS Online (v2020.4) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13950591 (Available online at http://wals.info/chapter/144, Accessed on 2026-06-11.) wals code name value description latitude longitude genus family area acl Acholi 24 SVO & NegV/VNeg 3.0 32.6666666667 Western Nilotic Eastern Sudanic Word Order agh Aghem 1 SNegVO/SVNegO 6.66666666667 10.0 Wide Grassfields Niger-Congo Word Order ajg Ajagbe 28 SVO/SOV & NegV/VNeg 7.0 1.75 Gbe Niger-Congo Word Order apu Apurinã 2 NegSVO/SNegVO -9.0 -67.0 Purus Arawakan Word Order asy Arabic (Syrian) 10 SNegVO/NegVSO 34.0 38.0 Semitic Afro-Asiatic Word Order arm Armenian (Eastern) 22 SNegVO/SONegV/S[Neg-V]O/SO[Neg-V] 40.0 45.0 Armenian Indo-European Word Order au Au 4 SNegVO/SVONeg -3.58333333333 142.083333333 Central Wapei Torricelli Word Order bwc Bajau (West Coast) 26 SVO/VSO & NegV 6.33333333333 116.333333333 Sama-Bajaw Austronesian Word Order bkr Batak (Karo) 10 SNegVO/NegVSO 3.25 98.25 Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands Austronesian Word Order bch Berber (Chaouia) 10 SNegVO/NegVSO 35.0 7.0 Berber Afro-Asiatic Word Order bii Biri 6 SVO & Flexible Neg -20.5 146.5 Northern Pama-Nyungan Pama-Nyungan Word Order btk Bontok 26 SVO/VSO & NegV 17.0833333333 120.916666667 Northern Luzon Austronesian Word Order cai Chai 19 SNegVO/SONegV/SVONeg/SOVNeg 5.33333333333 35.3333333333 South Surmic Eastern Sudanic Word Order dsh Danish 1 SNegVO/SVNegO 56.0 10.0 Germanic Indo-European Word Order dre Drehu 12 NegSVO/NegVOS -21.0 167.25 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order dut Dutch 15 SVONeg/SONegV 52.5 6.0 Germanic Indo-European Word Order ger German 15 SVONeg/SONegV 52.0 10.0 Germanic Indo-European Word Order grk Greek (Modern) 10 SNegVO/NegVSO 39.0 22.0 Greek Indo-European Word Order gku Gününa Küne 14 S[Neg-V]O/[Neg-V]OS -41.0 -67.0 Puelche Chonan Word Order ice Icelandic 1 SNegVO/SVNegO 65.0 -17.0 Germanic Indo-European Word Order klv Kilivila 27 SVO/VOS & NegV -8.5 151.083333333 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order koe Koegu 25 SVO & NegV/[V-Neg] 7.0 36.0833333333 South Surmic Eastern Sudanic Word Order kwz Kwaza 21 S[V-Neg]O/SO[V-Neg] -12.5833333333 -60.6666666667 Kwaza Kwaza Word Order lac Lacandón 27 SVO/VOS & NegV 17.0 -91.5 Mayan Mayan Word Order ldu Lendu 17 SVONeg/SNegOV/SOVNeg 2.0 30.5 Lendu Central Sudanic Word Order luo Luo 2 NegSVO/SNegVO -0.5 34.75 Western Nilotic Eastern Sudanic Word Order mbt Mangbetu 3 NegSVO/SVNegO 2.5 26.5 Mangbetu Central Sudanic Word Order mtb Matuumbi 5 SVNegO/SVONeg -8.5 39.0 Bantu Niger-Congo Word Order meh Mehri 11 SVONeg/VSONeg 17.0 51.5 Semitic Afro-Asiatic Word Order mga Mondunga 25 SVO & NegV/[V-Neg] 2.25 21.5 Ubangi Niger-Congo Word Order mos Mosetén 2 NegSVO/SNegVO -14.75 -67.8333333333 Mosetenan Mosetenan Word Order nad Nadëb 23 NegSVO/O[Neg-V]S -1.0 -66.5 Nadahup Nadahup Word Order nti Ngiti 18 NegSVO/SVNegO/NegSOV/SNegOV 1.33333333333 30.25 Lendu Central Sudanic Word Order ngo Ngoni 8 S[Neg-V]O/SVNegO -11.0 36.0 Bantu Niger-Congo Word Order nor Norwegian 1 SNegVO/SVNegO 61.0 8.0 Germanic Indo-European Word Order nse Nsenga 8 S[Neg-V]O/SVNegO -14.5 30.8333333333 Bantu Niger-Congo Word Order pau Paumarí 9 NegSVO/SNegVO/S[V-Neg]O -6.0 -64.0 Arauan Arauan Word Order sah Sahu 5 SVNegO/SVONeg 1.16666666667 127.5 North Halmaheran North Halmaheran Word Order swe Swedish 1 SNegVO/SVNegO 60.0 15.0 Germanic Indo-European Word Order tee Tepehua (Huehuetla) 10 SNegVO/NegVSO 20.5 -98.0 Totonacan Totonacan Word Order tin Tinrin 13 SNegVO/NegVOS -21.6666666667 165.75 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order twn Tiwa (Northern) 20 S[Neg-V]O/SO[Neg-V] 36.5 -105.5 Kiowa-Tanoan Kiowa-Tanoan Word Order tob Toba 14 S[Neg-V]O/[Neg-V]OS -26.5 -59.0 Qom Guaicuruan Word Order ton Tonkawa 21 S[V-Neg]O/SO[V-Neg] 30.25 -96.75 Tonkawa Tonkawa Word Order tru Trumai 16 SVNegO/SOVNeg -11.9166666667 -53.5833333333 Trumai Trumai Word Order tzu Tzutujil 13 SNegVO/NegVOS 14.6666666667 -91.3333333333 Mayan Mayan Word Order wch Wichí 7 SNegVO/S[V-Neg]O -22.5 -62.5833333333 Matacoan Matacoan Word Order wlf Wolof 7 SNegVO/S[V-Neg]O 15.25 -16.0 Wolof Niger-Congo Word Order