1. Family: Siouan
  2. Genus: Siouan

Hidatsa

WALS coordinates: 47° N, 102° 30′ W

spoken in United States

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Hidatsa
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Hiraca,
    • Minitari
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    The Velar Nasal No velar nasal
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
    Definite Articles Definite affix
    Verbal Categories
    Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality Indirect only
    Coding of Evidentiality Verbal affix or clitic
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb SOV
    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 Noun-Demonstrative
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
    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 Relative Clause and Noun OV and NRel
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun OV and NAdj
    Simple Clauses
    Negative Morphemes Negative affix
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Different