Alune

WALS coordinates: 3° S, 128° 20′ E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
The Velar Nasal	No velar nasal
Fixed Stress Locations	Penultimate
Weight-Sensitive Stress	Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity)
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems	No weight
Rhythm Types	No rhythmic stress
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Equal prefixing and suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Definite Articles	No definite or indefinite article
Indefinite Articles	No definite or indefinite article
Position of Case Affixes	No case affixes or adpositional clitics
Numeral Classifiers	Obligatory
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Prefixes and suffixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	No tense-aspect inflection
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	SVO
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
Order of Object and Verb	VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	Prepositions
Order of Genitive and Noun	Genitive-Noun
Order of Adjective and Noun	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun	Noun-Numeral
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause	Initial subordinator word
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	VO and Prepositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	VO and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Mixed
Negative Morphemes	Negative particle
Polar Questions	Question particle