Duala
WALS coordinates: 4° N, 9° 25′ 12.00″ E
spoken in Cameroon
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Nominal Categories | ||
| Ordinal Numerals | First, two-th, three-th | |
| Nominal Syntax | ||
| Noun Phrase Conjunction | 'And' identical to 'with' | |
| 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 | Demonstrative-Noun | |
| Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun | VO and NAdj | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' | Double-object construction | |
| Negative Morphemes | Negative particle | |
| Predicative Possession | Conjunctional | |
| Predicative Adjectives | Mixed | |
| Nominal and Locational Predication | Identical | |
| Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals | Possible | |
| Comparative Constructions | Exceed | |
| Lexicon | ||
| Tea | Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te | |
