| Phonology |
|---|
|
Consonant Inventories
|
Average |
|
|
Vowel Quality Inventories
|
Large (7-14) |
|
|
Consonant-Vowel Ratio
|
Moderately low |
|
|
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives
|
In both plosives and fricatives |
|
|
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems
|
None missing in /p t k b d g/ |
|
|
Uvular Consonants
|
None |
|
|
Glottalized Consonants
|
No glottalized consonants |
|
|
Lateral Consonants
|
/l/, no obstruent laterals |
|
|
Front Rounded Vowels
|
None |
|
|
Syllable Structure
|
Simple |
|
|
Tone
|
Simple tone system |
|
|
Absence of Common Consonants
|
All present |
|
|
Presence of Uncommon Consonants
|
Labial-velars |
|
| Morphology |
|---|
|
Locus of Marking in the Clause
|
No marking |
|
|
Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases
|
No marking |
|
|
Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology
|
Zero-marking |
|
|
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
|
Weakly suffixing |
|
| Nominal Categories |
|---|
|
Coding of Nominal Plurality
|
Plural suffix |
|
|
Definite Articles
|
Definite affix |
|
|
Indefinite Articles
|
Indefinite affix |
|
|
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns
|
3rd person singular only |
|
|
Person Marking on Adpositions
|
Pronouns only |
|
|
Position of Case Affixes
|
Case suffixes |
|
|
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes
|
Possessive prefixes |
|
| Nominal Syntax |
|---|
|
Obligatory Possessive Inflection
|
Absent |
|
|
Possessive Classification
|
Two classes |
|
| Verbal Categories |
|---|
|
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes
|
Tense-aspect suffixes |
|
|
The Morphological Imperative
|
Second singular |
|
|
The Prohibitive
|
Normal imperative + special negative |
|
|
Imperative-Hortative Systems
|
Minimal system |
|
|
The Optative
|
Inflectional optative absent |
|
| Word Order |
|---|
|
Order of Subject, Object and Verb
|
SOV |
|
|
Order of Subject and Verb
|
SV |
|
|
Order of Object and Verb
|
OV |
|
|
Order of Genitive and Noun
|
Genitive-Noun |
|
|
Order of Adjective and Noun
|
Adjective-Noun |
|
|
Order of Demonstrative and Noun
|
Demonstrative-Noun |
|
|
Order of Numeral and Noun
|
Numeral-Noun |
|
|
Order of Relative Clause and Noun
|
Relative clause-Noun |
|
|
Position of Polar Question Particles
|
No question particle |
|
|
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions
|
Not initial interrogative phrase |
|
|
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause
|
Mixed |
|
|
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun
|
OV and RelN |
|
|
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun
|
OV and AdjN |
|
| Simple Clauses |
|---|
|
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking
|
Accusative |
|
|
Verbal Person Marking
|
Only the P argument |
|
|
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking
|
No person marking |
|
|
Order of Person Markers on the Verb
|
A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb |
|
|
Passive Constructions
|
Present |
|
|
Negative Morphemes
|
Negative affix |
|
|
Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard Negation
|
Both |
|
|
Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard Negation
|
A/Fin and A/Cat |
|
|
Polar Questions
|
Interrogative verb morphology |
|
| Complex Sentences |
|---|
|
Purpose Clauses
|
Deranked |
|
|
'When' Clauses
|
Deranked |
|
|
Reason Clauses
|
Deranked |
|
