| 1A |
Consonant Inventories |
Large |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 2A |
Vowel Quality Inventories |
Average (5-6) |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 3A |
Consonant-Vowel Ratio |
Average |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 4A |
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives |
No voicing constrast |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 5A |
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems |
Other |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 6A |
Uvular Consonants |
Uvular stops and continuants |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 7A |
Glottalized Consonants |
No glottalized consonants |
Phonology |
|
comment
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| 8A |
Lateral Consonants |
/l/, no obstruent laterals |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 11A |
Front Rounded Vowels |
None |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 13A |
Tone |
Simple tone system |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 18A |
Absence of Common Consonants |
All present |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 19A |
Presence of Uncommon Consonants |
None |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 44A |
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns |
No gender distinctions |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 48A |
Person Marking on Adpositions |
No adpositions |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
Case suffixes |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Tense-aspect suffixes |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 77A |
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality |
Indirect only |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 78A |
Coding of Evidentiality |
Verbal affix or clitic |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
SVO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 82A |
Order of Subject and Verb |
SV |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 83A |
Order of Object and Verb |
VO |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 84A |
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb |
No dominant order |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Prepositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 95A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
VO and Prepositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 100A |
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking |
Accusative |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 102A |
Verbal Person Marking |
Both the A and P arguments |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 103A |
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking |
No zero realization |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 104A |
Order of Person Markers on the Verb |
A and P are fused |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 107A |
Passive Constructions |
Absent |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative auxiliary verb |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 113A |
Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard Negation |
Asymmetric |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 114A |
Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard Negation |
A/Fin |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 118A |
Predicative Adjectives |
Mixed |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 119A |
Nominal and Locational Predication |
Different |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 120A |
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals |
Impossible |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Different |
Lexicon |
|
comment
examples
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| 130A |
Finger and Hand |
Different |
Lexicon |
|
comment
examples
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
NegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
NegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 143G |
Minor morphological means of signaling negation |
None |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144A |
Position of Negative Word With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb |
Other |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144D |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SVO Languages |
Other NegV |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144J |
SVNegO Order |
No SVNegO |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144K |
SVONeg Order |
No SVONeg |
Word Order |
|
comment
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