Atchin
WALS coordinates: 16° S, 167° 19′ 48.00″ E
spoken in Vanuatu
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Nominal Categories | ||
| Indefinite Pronouns | Interrogative-based | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| Perfective/Imperfective Aspect | No grammatical marking | |
| The Past Tense | Present, no remoteness distinctions | |
| The Future Tense | No inflectional future | |
| The Perfect | No perfect | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Periphrastic Causative Constructions | Sequential but no purposive | |
| Nonperiphrastic Causative Constructions | Morphological but no compound | |
