Aleut

WALS coordinates: 54° N, 166° W

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
The Velar Nasal	Initial velar nasal
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Strongly suffixing
Nominal Categories
Number of Genders	None
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems	No gender
Systems of Gender Assignment	No gender
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns	Person-number affixes
Third Person Pronouns and Demonstratives	Related for all demonstratives
Number of Cases	2 cases
Asymmetrical Case-Marking	Subtractive-quantitatively asymmetrical
Position of Case Affixes	Case suffixes
Comitatives and Instrumentals	Mixed
Ordinal Numerals	First, two-th, three-th
Distributive Numerals	Marked by suffix
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Possessive suffixes
Nominal Syntax
Noun Phrase Conjunction	'And' different from 'with'
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Tense-aspect suffixes
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	SOV
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
Order of Object and Verb	OV
Simple Clauses
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'	Indirect-object construction
Comparative Constructions	Locational
Complex Sentences
'Want' Complement Subjects	Desiderative verbal affix
Lexicon
Hand and Arm	Different
Finger and Hand	Different