Arawak

WALS coordinates: 5° 30′ N, 55° 10′ W

spoken in Suriname

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Alternative Names

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

Features

ID Feature Value Area References  
9A The Velar Nasal No velar nasal Phonology
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14A Fixed Stress Locations Initial Phonology
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15A Weight-Sensitive Stress Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity) Phonology
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16A Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems No weight Phonology
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17A Rhythm Types Trochaic Phonology
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26A Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Equal prefixing and suffixing Morphology
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33A Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix Nominal Categories
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34A Occurrence of Nominal Plurality All nouns, optional in inanimates Nominal Categories
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37A Definite Articles Definite word distinct from demonstrative Nominal Categories
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38A Indefinite Articles Indefinite word same as 'one' Nominal Categories
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44A Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns 3rd person singular only Nominal Categories
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48A Person Marking on Adpositions Pronouns only Nominal Categories
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51A Position of Case Affixes No case affixes or adpositional clitics Nominal Categories
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55A Numeral Classifiers Absent Nominal Categories
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57A Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive prefixes Nominal Categories
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61A Adjectives without Nouns Marked by suffix Nominal Syntax
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64A Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Identity Nominal Syntax
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69A Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes Verbal Categories
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81A Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO Word Order
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82A Order of Subject and Verb No dominant order Word Order
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83A Order of Object and Verb VO Word Order
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84A Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb VOX Word Order
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85A Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions Word Order
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86A Order of Genitive and Noun Genitive-Noun Word Order
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87A Order of Adjective and Noun Adjective-Noun Word Order
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88A Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun Word Order
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89A Order of Numeral and Noun Numeral-Noun Word Order
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90A Order of Relative Clause and Noun Mixed Word Order
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90B Prenominal relative clauses RelN or NRel Word Order
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90C Postnominal relative clauses NRel or RelN Word Order
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92A Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle Word Order
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95A Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase VO and Postpositions Word Order
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96A Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun Other Word Order
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97A Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun VO and AdjN Word Order
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100A Alignment of Verbal Person Marking Active Simple Clauses
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101A Expression of Pronominal Subjects Subject affixes on verb Simple Clauses
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102A Verbal Person Marking Both the A and P arguments Simple Clauses
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103A Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking No zero realization Simple Clauses
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104A Order of Person Markers on the Verb A precedes P Simple Clauses
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105A Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Indirect-object construction Simple Clauses
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107A Passive Constructions Present Simple Clauses
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112A Negative Morphemes Negative particle Simple Clauses
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116A Polar Questions Interrogative intonation only Simple Clauses
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124A 'Want' Complement Subjects Desiderative verbal affix Complex Sentences
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129A Hand and Arm Different Lexicon
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130A Finger and Hand Different Lexicon
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131A Numeral Bases Pure vigesimal Lexicon
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143A Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb VNeg Word Order
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143E Preverbal Negative Morphemes None Word Order
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143F Postverbal Negative Morphemes VNeg Word Order
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143G Minor morphological means of signaling negation None Word Order
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144A Position of Negative Word With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb Other Word Order
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144D The Position of Negative Morphemes in SVO Languages Other VNeg Word Order
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144H NegSVO Order No NegSVO Word Order
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144I SNegVO Order No SNegVO Word Order
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