1. Family: Niger-Congo
  2. Subfamily: Benue-Congo
  3. Genus: Bantoid

Bushoong

WALS coordinates: 4° 30′ S, 21° 30′ E

spoken in Democratic Republic of Congo

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Bushong
Routledge:
  • Kuba,
  • Bushong
Other:
  • Bushonga,
  • Kuba,
  • Bukuba,
  • Bushona
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Strong prefixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural prefix
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect prefixes
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO
Order of Subject and Verb SV
Order of Object and Verb VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Prepositions
Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
Order of Degree Word and Adjective Adjective-Degree word
Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Not initial interrogative phrase
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 Relative Clause and Noun VO and NRel
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun VO and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects Subject affixes on verb
Negative Morphemes Negative affix
Polar Questions Interrogative intonation only