Hmar

WALS coordinates: 24° 10′ 12.00″ N, 93° E

spoken in India

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Little affixation
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality	All nouns, always optional
Position of Case Affixes	Postpositional clitics
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	No tense-aspect inflection
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 before and after Noun
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	OV and Postpositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	OV and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Subject pronouns in different position
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'	Mixed
Negative Morphemes	Negative word, unclear if verb or particle
Polar Questions	Question particle
Complex Sentences
'Want' Complement Subjects	Subject is left implicit