Azari (Iranian)

WALS coordinates: 37° 30′ N, 47° E

spoken in Iran, Iraq

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Strongly suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Definite Articles	No definite, but indefinite article
Indefinite Articles	Indefinite word same as 'one'
Position of Case Affixes	Case suffixes
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Possessive suffixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Tense-aspect suffixes
The Morphological Imperative	Second singular and second plural
The Prohibitive	Normal imperative + normal negative
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	SOV
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
Order of Object and Verb	OV
Order of Relative Clause and Noun	Mixed
Position of Polar Question Particles	No question particle
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Not initial interrogative phrase
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun	Other
Simple Clauses
Negative Morphemes	Negative affix
Polar Questions	Interrogative intonation only