Bugis

WALS coordinates: 4° S, 120° E

spoken in Indonesia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Bugis
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Rappang Buginese,
    • Buginese
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    Fixed Stress Locations Penultimate
    Weight-Sensitive Stress Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity)
    Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems No weight
    Nominal Categories
    Indefinite Pronouns Interrogative-based
    Distributive Numerals Marked by prefix
    Word Order
    Order of Object and Verb VO
    Order of Genitive and Noun Noun-Genitive
    Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
    Order of Degree Word and Adjective Degree word-Adjective
    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 Relative Clause and Noun VO and NRel
    Simple Clauses
    Polar Questions Question particle