Faroese
WALS coordinates: 62° N, 7° W
spoken in Denmark
Alternative Names
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Features
| ID | Feature | Value | Area | References | |
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| 14A | Fixed Stress Locations | Initial | Phonology | comment | |
| 15A | Weight-Sensitive Stress | Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity) | Phonology | comment | |
| 16A | Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems | No weight | Phonology | comment | |
| 17A | Rhythm Types | Undetermined | Phonology | comment | |
| 53A | Ordinal Numerals | First, second, three-th | Nominal Categories | comment | |
| 70A | The Morphological Imperative | Second singular and second plural | Verbal Categories | comment | |
| 71A | The Prohibitive | Normal imperative + normal negative | Verbal Categories | comment | |
| 72A | Imperative-Hortative Systems | Neither type of system | Verbal Categories | comment | |
| 74A | Situational Possibility | Verbal constructions | Verbal Categories | comment | |
| 75A | Epistemic Possibility | Verbal constructions | Verbal Categories | comment | |
| 76A | Overlap between Situational and Epistemic Modal Marking | Overlap for both possibility and necessity | Verbal Categories | comment |
