Chinook (Lower)

WALS coordinates: 46° 15′ N, 123° 30′ W

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Weakly prefixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns	3rd person singular only
Person Marking on Adpositions	No person marking
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Possessive prefixes
Nominal Syntax
Noun Phrase Conjunction	'And' different from 'with'
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Mixed type
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality	No grammatical evidentials
Coding of Evidentiality	No grammatical evidentials
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	VOS
Order of Subject and Verb	VS
Order of Object and Verb	VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	Prepositions
Order of Genitive and Noun	No dominant order
Order of Adjective and Noun	Adjective-Noun
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Demonstrative-Noun
Order of Numeral and Noun	Numeral-Noun
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 Adjective and Noun	VO and AdjN
Simple Clauses
Passive Constructions	Absent
Negative Morphemes	Negative particle
Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard Negation	Symmetric
Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard Negation	Non-assignable