Baka (in Cameroon)

WALS coordinates: 2° 34′ 48.00″ N, 13° 34′ 48.00″ E

spoken in Cameroon

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Baka
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Baka (Cameroon),
    • Babinga
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural clitic
    Occurrence of Nominal Plurality All nouns, always optional
    Definite Articles Definite word distinct from demonstrative
    Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives Two-way contrast
    Pronominal and Adnominal Demonstratives Different stem
    Indefinite Pronouns Generic-noun-based
    Comitatives and Instrumentals Identity
    Ordinal Numerals First, two-th, three-th
    Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive suffixes
    Nominal Syntax
    Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Differentiation
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO
    Order of Subject and Verb SV
    Order of Object and Verb VO
    Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb VOX
    Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Prepositions
    Order of Genitive and Noun Noun-Genitive
    Order of Adjective and Noun Adjective-Noun
    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 AdjN
    Simple Clauses
    Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Indirect-object construction
    Complex Sentences
    Relativization on Subjects Pronoun-retention
    Relativization on Obliques Pronoun-retention
    'Want' Complement Subjects Subject is left implicit