Day

WALS coordinates: 8° 45′ N, 17° 50′ E

spoken in Chad

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Day
Routledge:
  • Dai
Other:
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    Vowel Nasalization Contrast present
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural word
    Definite Articles Definite word distinct from demonstrative
    Position of Case Affixes No case affixes or adpositional clitics
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO
    Order of Subject and Verb SV
    Order of Object and Verb VO
    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 Noun-Numeral
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
    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