1. Family: Austronesian
  2. Subfamily: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Genus: Oceanic

Buma

WALS coordinates: 11° 37′ 48.00″ S, 166° 49′ 48.00″ E

spoken in Solomon Islands

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Buma
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Buma (Solomon Islands),
    • Buma (in Solomon Islands)
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Nominal Categories
    Definite Articles No definite or indefinite article
    Indefinite Articles No definite or indefinite article
    Nominal Syntax
    Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Identity
    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 Genitive and Noun Noun-Genitive
    Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
    Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative
    Order of Numeral and Noun Noun-Numeral
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
    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
    Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Indirect-object construction
    Negative Morphemes Negative particle
    Polar Questions Interrogative intonation only