Ilocano

WALS coordinates: 16° N, 121° E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Reduplication	Productive full and partial reduplication
Nominal Categories
Indefinite Pronouns	Generic-noun-based
Number of Cases	No morphological case-marking
Asymmetrical Case-Marking	Additive-quantitatively asymmetrical
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	VSO
Order of Subject and Verb	VS
Order of Object and Verb	VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	Prepositions
Order of Adjective and Noun	Adjective-Noun
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Demonstrative-Noun
Order of Degree Word and Adjective	No dominant order
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Initial interrogative phrase
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 Adjective and Noun	VO and AdjN
Simple Clauses
Predicative Adjectives	Verbal encoding
Nominal and Locational Predication	Different
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals	Impossible
Comparative Constructions	Particle
Lexicon
Hand and Arm	Identical
Finger and Hand	Different
Other
Para-Linguistic Usages of Clicks	Affective meanings