Chatino (Yaitepec)

WALS coordinates: 16° 15′ N, 97° 15′ W

spoken in Mexico

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
Fixed Stress Locations	Ultimate
Weight-Sensitive Stress	Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity)
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems	No weight
Rhythm Types	No rhythmic stress
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	No plural
Position of Case Affixes	No case affixes or adpositional clitics
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	No possessive affixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Mixed type
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	VSO
Order of Subject and Verb	VS
Order of Object and Verb	VO
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
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