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Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13950591 (Available online at http://wals.info/chapter/144, Accessed on 2026-06-10.) wals code name value description latitude longitude genus family area agc Agta (Central) 1 NegVSO 17.9666666667 121.833333333 Greater Central Philippine Austronesian Word Order agd Agta (Dupaningan) 1 NegVSO 18.0 122.083333333 Greater Central Philippine Austronesian Word Order als Alsea 6 NegV & VS & VO 44.6666666667 -123.916666667 Alsea Oregon Coast Word Order anj Anejom 4 NegVOS -20.2 169.8 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order ann Anindilyakwa 23 OptDoubleNeg -14.0 136.5 Anindilyakwa Gunwinyguan Word Order ams Arabic (Modern Standard) 1 NegVSO 25.0 42.0 Semitic Afro-Asiatic Word Order amr Arabic (Moroccan) 22 ObligDoubleNeg 34.0 -6.0 Semitic Afro-Asiatic Word Order asy Arabic (Syrian) 14 NegVSO/SNegVO 34.0 38.0 Semitic Afro-Asiatic Word Order ata Atayal 6 NegV & VS & VO 24.5 121.333333333 Atayalic Austronesian Word Order bwc Bajau (West Coast) 19 NegV & VSO/SVO 6.33333333333 116.333333333 Sama-Bajaw Austronesian Word Order bbu Barambu 23 OptDoubleNeg 3.5 27.0 Ubangi Niger-Congo Word Order bkr Batak (Karo) 14 NegVSO/SNegVO 3.25 98.25 Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands Austronesian Word Order bto Batak (Toba) 4 NegVOS 2.5 99.0 Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands Austronesian Word Order baq Baure 4 NegVOS -13.0833333333 -64.1666666667 Bolivia-Parana Arawakan Word Order bco Bella Coola 1 NegVSO 52.5 -126.666666667 Bella Coola Salishan Word Order bch Berber (Chaouia) 14 NegVSO/SNegVO 35.0 7.0 Berber Afro-Asiatic Word Order bfg Berber (Figuig) 1 NegVSO 32.5 -1.5 Berber Afro-Asiatic Word Order btk Bontok 19 NegV & VSO/SVO 17.0833333333 120.916666667 Northern Luzon Austronesian Word Order cak Cakchiquel 22 ObligDoubleNeg 14.5 -91.0 Mayan Mayan Word Order cyv Cayuvava 9 [Neg-V]OS -13.5 -65.5 Cayuvava Cayuvava Word Order cha Chamorro 1 NegVSO 13.45 144.75 Chamorro Austronesian Word Order cso Chatino (Sierra Occidental) 1 NegVSO 16.25 -97.3333333333 Zapotecan Oto-Manguean Word Order cya Chatino (Yaitepec) 1 NegVSO 16.25 -97.25 Zapotecan Oto-Manguean Word Order ccm Chinantec (Comaltepec) 8 [Neg-V]SO 17.5833333333 -96.4166666667 Chinantecan Oto-Manguean Word Order cle Chinantec (Lealao) 4 NegVOS 17.3333333333 -95.9166666667 Chinantecan Oto-Manguean Word Order cpl Chinantec (Palantla) 8 [Neg-V]SO 18.8333333333 -96.75 Chinantecan Oto-Manguean Word Order chq Chinantec (Quiotepec) 1 NegVSO 17.5833333333 -96.6666666667 Chinantecan Oto-Manguean Word Order ckl Chinook (Lower) 4 NegVOS 46.25 -123.5 Chinookan Penutian Word Order chx Chontal (Huamelultec Oaxaca) 6 NegV & VS & VO 16.0 -95.75 Tequistlatecan Hokan Word Order chj Chuj 23 OptDoubleNeg 15.9166666667 -91.5833333333 Mayan Mayan Word Order cba Chumash (Barbareño) 9 [Neg-V]OS 34.5 -120.25 Chumash Chumash Word Order crn Cornish 7 SVO but NegVSO 50.3333333333 -5.0 Celtic Indo-European Word Order cem Cèmuhî 4 NegVOS -20.8333333333 165.166666667 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order did Didinga 1 NegVSO 4.5 33.5 South Surmic Eastern Sudanic Word Order dom Domari 23 OptDoubleNeg 32.0 35.0 Indic Indo-European Word Order dre Drehu 16 NegVOS/NegSVO -21.0 167.25 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order fij Fijian 5 NegVSO/NegVOS -17.8333333333 178.0 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order gae Gaelic (Scots) 1 NegVSO 57.0 -4.0 Celtic Indo-European Word Order grf Garífuna 1 NegVSO 15.6666666667 -88.0 Antillean Arawakan Arawakan Word Order gel Gela 4 NegVOS -9.08333333333 160.25 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order goa Goajiro 1 NegVSO 12.0 -72.0 Guajiro-Paraujano Arawakan Word Order grk Greek (Modern) 14 NegVSO/SNegVO 39.0 22.0 Greek Indo-European Word Order gjj Guajajara 8 [Neg-V]SO -5.0 -46.0 Maweti-Guarani Tupian Word Order gku Gününa Küne 18 [Neg-V]OS/S[Neg-V]O -41.0 -67.0 Puelche Chonan Word Order hlu Halkomelem (Upriver) 1 NegVSO 49.25 -121.916666667 Central Salish Salishan Word Order haw Hawaiian 1 NegVSO 19.5833333333 -155.5 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order hdi Hdi 22 ObligDoubleNeg 11.8666666667 13.7166666667 Biu-Mandara Afro-Asiatic Word Order hei Heiltsuk 1 NegVSO 52.0 -127.5 Northern Wakashan Wakashan Word Order hil Hiligaynon 1 NegVSO 10.25 123.0 Greater Central Philippine Austronesian Word Order hoa Hoava 1 NegVSO -8.08333333333 157.5 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order ifu Ifugao (Batad) 6 NegV & VS & VO 16.8333333333 121.083333333 Northern Luzon Austronesian Word Order ign Ignaciano 6 NegV & VS & VO -15.1666666667 -65.4166666667 Bolivia-Parana Arawakan Word Order ik Ik 1 NegVSO 3.75 34.1666666667 Kuliak Eastern Sudanic Word Order iri Irish 1 NegVSO 53.0 -8.0 Celtic Indo-European Word Order jak Jakaltek 1 NegVSO 15.6666666667 -91.6666666667 Mayan Mayan Word Order kbl Kabyle 22 ObligDoubleNeg 36.5 5.0 Berber Afro-Asiatic Word Order kdz Kadazan 1 NegVSO 5.91666666667 117.166666667 North Borneo Austronesian Word Order kls Kalispel 1 NegVSO 48.0 -117.0 Interior Salish Salishan Word Order kmj Karimojong 12 NegVSO/[Neg-V]SO 3.0 34.1666666667 Eastern Nilotic Eastern Sudanic Word Order klv Kilivila 20 NegV & VOS/SVO -8.5 151.083333333 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order kri Kipea 10 [V-Neg]OS -10.0 -37.0 Kariri Kariri Word Order krb Kiribati 4 NegVOS 1.33333333333 173.0 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order shp Klikitat 1 NegVSO 46.5 -120.0 Sahaptian Penutian Word Order kkt Kokota 1 NegVSO -8.0 159.133333333 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order kro Krongo 22 ObligDoubleNeg 10.5 30.0 Kadugli Kadu Word Order kuo Kuot 1 NegVSO -3.05 151.5 Kuot Kuot Word Order kut Kutenai 5 NegVSO/NegVOS 49.5 -116.0 Kutenai Kutenai Word Order kyq Kyuquot 1 NegVSO 50.1666666667 -127.166666667 Southern Wakashan Wakashan Word Order lac Lacandón 20 NegV & VOS/SVO 17.0 -91.5 Mayan Mayan Word Order lmg Lamang 23 OptDoubleNeg 11.25 13.5833333333 Biu-Mandara Afro-Asiatic Word Order lgu Longgu 4 NegVOS -9.75 160.666666667 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order maa Maasai 12 NegVSO/[Neg-V]SO -3.0 36.0 Eastern Nilotic Eastern Sudanic Word Order mch Machiguenga 6 NegV & VS & VO -12.0 -72.6666666667 Pre-Andine Arawakan Arawakan Word Order mak Makah 1 NegVSO 48.3333333333 -124.666666667 Southern Wakashan Wakashan Word Order mal Malagasy 4 NegVOS -20.0 47.0 Barito Austronesian Word Order mam Mam 1 NegVSO 15.0 -91.8333333333 Mayan Mayan Word Order mmn Mamanwa 1 NegVSO 9.41666666667 125.5 Greater Central Philippine Austronesian Word Order mwb Manobo (Western Bukidnon) 1 NegVSO 7.66666666667 124.75 Greater Central Philippine Austronesian Word Order mzc Mazatec (Chiquihuitlán) 11 [V-Neg] & VS &VO 17.75 -96.9166666667 Popolocan Oto-Manguean Word Order meh Mehri 15 VSONeg/SVONeg 17.0 51.5 Semitic Afro-Asiatic Word Order mxc Mixtec (Chalcatongo) 1 NegVSO 17.05 -97.5833333333 Mixtec Oto-Manguean Word Order mxj Mixtec (Jicaltepec) 1 NegVSO 16.3333333333 -98.0 Mixtec Oto-Manguean Word Order mxo Mixtec (Ocotepec) 1 NegVSO 17.1666666667 -97.75 Mixtec Oto-Manguean Word Order mxp Mixtec (Peñoles) 1 NegVSO 17.0833333333 -96.9166666667 Mixtec Oto-Manguean Word Order miy Miya 22 ObligDoubleNeg 10.9166666667 9.66666666667 West Chadic Afro-Asiatic Word Order mov Movima 5 NegVSO/NegVOS -13.8333333333 -65.6666666667 Movima Movima Word Order mrl Murle 1 NegVSO 6.5 33.5 South Surmic Eastern Sudanic Word Order msq Musqueam 1 NegVSO 49.1666666667 -123.0 Central Salish Salishan Word Order ndr Nadroga 6 NegV & VS & VO -18.0833333333 177.416666667 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order nhh Nahuatl (Huasteca) 1 NegVSO 22.0 -99.0 Aztecan Uto-Aztecan Word Order nan Nandi 8 [Neg-V]SO 0.25 35.0 Eastern Nilotic Eastern Sudanic Word Order nia Nias 4 NegVOS 1.0 97.75 Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands Austronesian Word Order nca Nicobarese (Car) 4 NegVOS 9.0 93.0 Nicobarese Austro-Asiatic Word Order nsg Nisgha 1 NegVSO 55.0 -130.0 Tsimshianic Tsimshianic Word Order nif Niuafo'ou 1 NegVSO -15.5666666667 -175.616666667 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order niu Niuean 1 NegVSO -19.05 -170.116666667 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order ood O'odham 6 NegV & VS & VO 32.0 -112.0 Tepiman Uto-Aztecan Word Order oji Ojibwa (Eastern) 5 NegVSO/NegVOS 46.0 -80.0 Algonquian Algic Word Order ond Oneida 23 OptDoubleNeg 43.0 -75.6666666667 Northern Iroquoian Iroquoian Word Order otm Otomí (Mezquital) 4 NegVOS 20.1666666667 -99.1666666667 Otomian Oto-Manguean Word Order pai Paiwan 5 NegVSO/NegVOS 22.5 120.833333333 Paiwan Austronesian Word Order pnn Pangasinan 1 NegVSO 15.9166666667 120.333333333 Northern Luzon Austronesian Word Order pip Pipil 6 NegV & VS & VO 13.8333333333 -89.5833333333 Aztecan Uto-Aztecan Word Order pod Podoko 3 VSONeg 11.0 14.0833333333 Biu-Mandara Afro-Asiatic Word Order pkt Pokot 23 OptDoubleNeg 1.5 35.5 Southern Nilotic Eastern Sudanic Word Order qui Quileute 1 NegVSO 47.9166666667 -124.25 Chimakuan Chimakuan Word Order rap Rapanui 23 OptDoubleNeg -27.1166666667 -109.366666667 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order rwe Romani (Welsh) 23 OptDoubleNeg 52.0 -4.0 Indic Indo-European Word Order rov Roviana 1 NegVSO -8.25 157.333333333 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order ruk Rukai (Tanan) 5 NegVSO/NegVOS 22.8333333333 120.833333333 Rukai Austronesian Word Order cos Rumsien 6 NegV & VS & VO 36.8333333333333 -121.75 Costanoan Penutian Word Order sam Samoan 5 NegVSO/NegVOS -13.9166666667 -171.833333333 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order see Seediq 4 NegVOS 24.1666666667 121.416666667 Atayalic Austronesian Word Order sml Semelai 5 NegVSO/NegVOS 3.0 103.0 Aslian Austro-Asiatic Word Order shu Shuswap 5 NegVSO/NegVOS 52.0 -120.0 Interior Salish Salishan Word Order qum Sipakapense 1 NegVSO 15.25 -91.75 Mayan Mayan Word Order so So 1 NegVSO 2.58333333333 34.75 Kuliak Eastern Sudanic Word Order squ Squamish 1 NegVSO 49.6666666667 -123.166666667 Central Salish Salishan Word Order tag Tagalog 1 NegVSO 15.0 121.0 Greater Central Philippine Austronesian Word Order tah Tahitian 1 NegVSO -17.6666666667 -149.583333333 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order tsk Tamashek 23 OptDoubleNeg 20.0 -2.0 Berber Afro-Asiatic Word Order tsg Tausug 6 NegV & VS & VO 6.0 121.0 Greater Central Philippine Austronesian Word Order tbo Tboli 1 NegVSO 6.16666666667 124.5 Bilic Austronesian Word Order tee Tepehua (Huehuetla) 14 NegVSO/SNegVO 20.5 -98.0 Totonacan Totonacan Word Order tpn Tepehuan (Northern) 1 NegVSO 26.3333333333 -107.0 Tepiman Uto-Aztecan Word Order tho Thompson 5 NegVSO/NegVOS 49.75 -121.75 Interior Salish Salishan Word Order tim Timugon 1 NegVSO 5.0 116.0 North Borneo Austronesian Word Order tin Tinrin 17 NegVOS/SNegVO -21.6666666667 165.75 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order tlp Tlapanec 8 [Neg-V]SO 17.0833333333 -99.0 Subtiaba-Tlapanec Oto-Manguean Word Order tob Toba 18 [Neg-V]OS/S[Neg-V]O -26.5 -59.0 Qom Guaicuruan Word Order tke Tokelauan 6 NegV & VS & VO -9.0 -172.0 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order tng Tongan 5 NegVSO/NegVOS -21.1666666667 -175.166666667 Oceanic Austronesian Word Order tri Trique (Copala) 1 NegVSO 17.1666666667 -97.9166666667 Trique Oto-Manguean Word Order tsi Tsimshian (Coast) 22 ObligDoubleNeg 52.5 -129.0 Tsimshianic Tsimshianic Word Order tuk Tukang Besi 4 NegVOS -5.5 123.5 Celebic Austronesian Word Order tna Turkana 8 [Neg-V]SO 3.0 35.5 Eastern Nilotic Eastern Sudanic Word Order tzo Tzotzil 4 NegVOS 16.5 -92.6666666667 Mayan Mayan Word Order tzu Tzutujil 17 NegVOS/SNegVO 14.6666666667 -91.3333333333 Mayan Mayan Word Order war Wari' 4 NegVOS -11.3333333333 -65.0 Chapacura-Wanham Chapacura-Wanham Word Order wrb Warrnambool 6 NegV & VS & VO -38.25 142.5 Southeastern Pama-Nyungan Pama-Nyungan Word Order wel Welsh 1 NegVSO 52.0 -3.0 Celtic Indo-European Word Order wec Welsh (Colloquial) 2 VSNegO 52.75 -3.5833 Celtic Indo-European Word Order wem Wembawemba 4 NegVOS -35.3333333333 144.0 Southeastern Pama-Nyungan Pama-Nyungan Word Order wya Wyandot 21 OptSingleNeg 44.3333333333 -77.5 Northern Iroquoian Iroquoian Word Order yag Yagua 6 NegV & VS & VO -3.5 -72.0 Peba-Yaguan Peba-Yaguan Word Order yap Yapese 1 NegVSO 9.58333333333 138.166666667 Yapese Austronesian Word Order yok Yokuts (Yaudanchi) 6 NegV & VS & VO 36.0833333333 -119.083333333 Yokuts Penutian Word Order zai Zapotec (Isthmus) 1 NegVSO 16.416667 -95.0 Zapotecan Oto-Manguean Word Order zap Zapotec (Mitla) 8 [Neg-V]SO 16.8 -96.25 Zapotecan Oto-Manguean Word Order zzo Zapotec (Zoogocho) 1 NegVSO 17.25 -96.25 Zapotecan Oto-Manguean Word Order zqc Zoque (Copainalá) 13 NegVOS/[Neg-V]OS 17.0 -93.25 Mixe-Zoque Mixe-Zoque Word Order zqo Zoque (Ostuacan) 6 NegV & VS & VO 17.4166666667 -93.3 Mixe-Zoque Mixe-Zoque Word Order