Goemai

WALS coordinates: 8° 40′ 12.00″ N, 9° 45′ E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Little affixation
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural word
Definite Articles	Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Indefinite Articles	No indefinite, but definite article
Position of Case Affixes	No case affixes or adpositional clitics
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	No tense-aspect inflection
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	Prepositions
Order of Genitive and Noun	Noun-Genitive
Order of Adjective and Noun	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun	Noun-Numeral
Position of Polar Question Particles	Final
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Not initial interrogative phrase
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	VO and Prepositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	VO and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Optional pronouns in subject position
Negative Morphemes	Negative word, unclear if verb or particle
Polar Questions	Question particle