Capanahua
WALS coordinates: 7° S, 74° W
spoken in Peru
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Phonology | ||
| Fixed Stress Locations | No fixed stress | |
| Weight-Sensitive Stress | Left-edge: First or second | |
| Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems | Combined | |
| Rhythm Types | Trochaic | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns | No gender distinctions | |
| Person Marking on Adpositions | No person marking | |
| Numeral Classifiers | Absent | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Alignment of Verbal Person Marking | Accusative | |
| Verbal Person Marking | Only the A argument | |
| Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking | No zero realization | |
| Order of Person Markers on the Verb | A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb | |
| Passive Constructions | Absent | |
| Lexicon | ||
| Hand and Arm | Different | |
| Finger and Hand | Different | |