Baka (in Cameroon)

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

Alternative Names

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