Itzaj
WALS coordinates: 17° N, 89° 50′ W
spoken in Guatemala
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Morphology | ||
| Reduplication | Productive full and partial reduplication | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Occurrence of Nominal Plurality | All nouns, always obligatory | |
| Indefinite Pronouns | Interrogative-based | |
| Nominal Syntax | ||
| Nominal and Verbal Conjunction | Identity | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality | Indirect only | |
| Coding of Evidentiality | Separate particle | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' | Indirect-object construction | |
| Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation | Mixed behaviour | |
| Complex Sentences | ||
| 'Want' Complement Subjects | Desiderative particle | |
| Purpose Clauses | Deranked | |
| 'When' Clauses | Balanced/deranked | |
| Utterance Complement Clauses | Balanced | |
| Lexicon | ||
| Hand and Arm | Identical | |
| Finger and Hand | Different | |
