Heiltsuk
WALS coordinates: 52° N, 127° 30′ W
spoken in Canada
Alternative Names
| Ethnologue: | |
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| Ruhlen: |
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
|---|---|---|
| Word Order | ||
| Order of Subject, Object and Verb | VSO | |
| Order of Subject and Verb | VS | |
| Order of Object and Verb | VO | |
| Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb | VOX | |
| Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase | Prepositions | |
| Order of Genitive and Noun | Noun-Genitive | |
| Order of Adjective and Noun | Adjective-Noun | |
| Order of Demonstrative and Noun | Demonstrative-Noun | |
| Order of Relative Clause and Noun | Noun-Relative clause | |
| 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 Relative Clause and Noun | VO and NRel | |
| Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun | VO and AdjN | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Expression of Pronominal Subjects | Subject clitics on variable host | |
| Predicative Adjectives | Verbal encoding | |
| Nominal and Locational Predication | Different | |
| Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals | Impossible | |
