Achuar
WALS coordinates: 3° S, 76° W
spoken in Peru
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Morphology | ||
| Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology | Strongly suffixing | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Position of Case Affixes | Case suffixes | |
| Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes | Possessive suffixes | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes | Tense-aspect suffixes | |
| The Morphological Imperative | Second singular and second plural | |
| The Prohibitive | Special imperative + special negative | |
| Imperative-Hortative Systems | Maximal system | |
| Word Order | ||
| Order of Object and Verb | OV | |
| Order of Genitive and Noun | Genitive-Noun | |
| Position of Polar Question Particles | No question particle | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Negative Morphemes | Negative affix | |
| Polar Questions | Interrogative verb morphology | |
| Lexicon | ||
| Hand and Arm | Different | |
| Finger and Hand | Different | |
