Gavião

WALS coordinates: 10° 40′ 12.00″ S, 62° W

spoken in Brazil

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Gavião
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Gaviao
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    The Velar Nasal Initial velar nasal
    Nominal Categories
    Distributive Numerals No distributive numerals
    Numeral Classifiers Absent
    Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive prefixes
    Nominal Syntax
    Genitives, Adjectives and Relative Clauses Highly differentiated
    Adjectives without Nouns Marked by prefix
    Word Order
    Order of Subject and Verb SV
    Order of Object and Verb OV
    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 Demonstrative-Noun
    Position of Polar Question Particles Initial
    Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Initial interrogative phrase
    Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause Final subordinator word
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase OV and Postpositions
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun OV and NAdj
    Simple Clauses
    Polar Questions Question particle