Gã

WALS coordinates: 5° 40′ 12.00″ N, 0° 10′ 12.00″ W

spoken in Ghana

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
Consonant Inventories	Moderately large
Vowel Quality Inventories	Large (7-14)
Consonant-Vowel Ratio	Average
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives	In both plosives and fricatives
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems	None missing in /p t k b d g/
Uvular Consonants	None
Glottalized Consonants	No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants	/l/, no obstruent laterals
Front Rounded Vowels	None
Syllable Structure	Moderately complex
Tone	Complex tone system
Absence of Common Consonants	All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants	Labial-velars
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Definite Articles	Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Indefinite Articles	Indefinite word distinct from 'one'
Distributive Numerals	Marked by reduplication
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	Genitive-Noun
Order of Adjective and Noun	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Demonstrative-Noun
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause	Initial subordinator word
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	VO and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Subject affixes on verb
Negative Morphemes	Negative affix