I'saka
WALS coordinates: 2° 49′ 48.00″ S, 141° 16′ 48.00″ E
spoken in Papua New Guinea
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Verbal Categories | ||
| Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes | No tense-aspect inflection | |
| Word Order | ||
| Order of Subject, Object and Verb | SOV | |
| Order of Subject and Verb | SV | |
| Order of Object and Verb | OV | |
| Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb | OVX | |
| Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase | No dominant order | |
| Order of Genitive and Noun | Noun-Genitive | |
| Order of Adjective and Noun | Noun-Adjective | |
| Order of Demonstrative and Noun | Noun-Demonstrative | |
| Order of Relative Clause and Noun | Noun-Relative clause | |
| 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 | Other | |
| 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 | ||
| Expression of Pronominal Subjects | Subject affixes on verb | |
| Negative Morphemes | Negative particle | |