1. Family: Tequistlatecan
  2. Genus: Tequistlatecan

Chontal (Huamelultec Oaxaca)

WALS coordinates: 16° N, 95° 45′ W

spoken in Mexico

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Chontal
Routledge:
  • Chontal
Other:
  • Huamelultec Oaxaca Chontal,
  • Oaxaca Chontal
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Weakly suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
Position of Case Affixes Case prefixes
Distributive Numerals No distributive numerals
Numeral Classifiers Obligatory
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive prefixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
Word Order
Order of Subject and Verb VS
Order of Object and Verb VO
Order of Genitive and Noun Noun-Genitive
Order of Adjective and Noun Adjective-Noun
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 Adjective and Noun VO and AdjN
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects Subject affixes on verb
Negative Morphemes Negative particle
Polar Questions Question particle
Other
Para-Linguistic Usages of Clicks Affective meanings