Chinantec (Comaltepec)

WALS coordinates: 17° 34′ 48.00″ N, 96° 25′ 12.00″ W

spoken in Mexico

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Chinantec
Routledge:
  • Chinanteko
Other:
  • Comaltepec Chinantec
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Phonology
The Velar Nasal Initial velar nasal
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Weakly prefixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural word
Definite Articles Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Indefinite Articles Indefinite word same as 'one'
Position of Case Affixes No case affixes or adpositional clitics
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive suffixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Mixed type
The Morphological Imperative Second person number-neutral
The Prohibitive Special imperative + normal negative
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality Indirect only
Coding of Evidentiality Verbal affix or clitic
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb VSO
Order of Subject and Verb VS
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 Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun Numeral-Noun
Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
Order of Degree Word and Adjective No dominant order
Position of Polar Question Particles Initial
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions 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
Negative Morphemes Negative particle
Polar Questions Question particle
Predicative Adjectives Verbal encoding
Nominal and Locational Predication Different
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals Impossible