Dagaare

WALS coordinates: 10° 30′ N, 2° 40′ 12.00″ W

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
Vowel Nasalization	Contrast present
Morphology
Reduplication	Productive full and partial reduplication
Nominal Categories
Definite Articles	Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Indefinite Articles	No indefinite, but definite article
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns	3rd person non-singular only
Person Marking on Adpositions	No person marking
Numeral Classifiers	Absent
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	SVO
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
Order of Object and Verb	VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	Postpositions
Order of Genitive and Noun	Genitive-Noun
Order of Adjective and Noun	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun	Noun-Numeral
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	VO and Postpositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	VO and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking	Neutral
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Obligatory pronouns in subject position
Verbal Person Marking	No person marking
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking	No person marking
Order of Person Markers on the Verb	A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'	Double-object construction
Passive Constructions	Absent
Negative Morphemes	Negative particle
Comparative Constructions	Exceed
Lexicon
Tea	Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te