Chayahuita

WALS coordinates: 5° 30′ S, 77° W

spoken in Peru

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Chayahuita
Routledge:
  • Chayawita
Other:
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Morphology
    Locus of Marking in the Clause Double marking
    Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases No marking
    Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology Inconsistent or other
    Nominal Categories
    Numeral Classifiers Optional
    Nominal Syntax
    Obligatory Possessive Inflection Absent
    Possessive Classification Two classes
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Identical
    Number of Non-Derived Basic Colour Categories 5
    Number of Basic Colour Categories 6-6.5
    Green and Blue Green/blue
    Red and Yellow Red vs. yellow