1. Family: Hokan
  2. Genus: Yuman

Hualapai

WALS coordinates: 35° 30′ N, 113° 45′ W

spoken in United States

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Walapai
Routledge:
  • Walapai
Other:
  • Upland Yuman,
  • Yuman (Upland),
  • Walapai
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Phonology
The Velar Nasal No initial velar nasal
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Weakly suffixing
Reduplication Productive full and partial reduplication
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive prefixes
Nominal Syntax
Action Nominal Constructions No action nominals
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality Direct and indirect
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 Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Mixed
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Not initial interrogative phrase
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause Subordinating suffix
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
Negative Morphemes Negative auxiliary verb
Complex Sentences
Reason Clauses Deranked
Lexicon
Numeral Bases Decimal