1. Family: Arawakan
  2. Genus: Arawakan

Arawak

WALS coordinates: 5° 30′ N, 55° 10′ 12.00″ W

spoken in Suriname

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Arawak
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Arawak (Lokono Dian),
    • Lokono Dian,
    • Arawak (Lokono),
    • Arawak (Surinam),
    • Lokono
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    The Velar Nasal No velar nasal
    Fixed Stress Locations Initial
    Weight-Sensitive Stress Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity)
    Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems No weight
    Rhythm Types Trochaic
    Morphology
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Equal prefixing and suffixing
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
    Occurrence of Nominal Plurality All nouns, optional in inanimates
    Definite Articles Definite word distinct from demonstrative
    Indefinite Articles Indefinite word same as 'one'
    Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns 3rd person singular only
    Person Marking on Adpositions Pronouns only
    Position of Case Affixes No case affixes or adpositional clitics
    Numeral Classifiers Absent
    Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive prefixes
    Nominal Syntax
    Adjectives without Nouns Marked by suffix
    Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Identity
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO
    Order of Subject and Verb No dominant order
    Order of Object and Verb VO
    Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb VOX
    Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions
    Order of Genitive and Noun Genitive-Noun
    Order of Adjective and Noun Adjective-Noun
    Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
    Order of Numeral and Noun Numeral-Noun
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Mixed
    Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase VO and Postpositions
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun Other
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun VO and AdjN
    Simple Clauses
    Alignment of Verbal Person Marking Active
    Expression of Pronominal Subjects Subject affixes on verb
    Verbal Person Marking Both the A and P arguments
    Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking No zero realization
    Order of Person Markers on the Verb A precedes P
    Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Indirect-object construction
    Passive Constructions Present
    Negative Morphemes Negative particle
    Polar Questions Interrogative intonation only
    Complex Sentences
    'Want' Complement Subjects Desiderative verbal affix
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Different
    Numeral Bases Pure vigesimal