1. Family: Austronesian
  2. Subfamily: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Genus: Oceanic

Jabêm

WALS coordinates: 6° 34′ 48.00″ S, 147° 46′ 48.00″ E

spoken in Papua New Guinea

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Yabim
Routledge:
  • Yabim
Other:
  • Yabim,
  • Jabem
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Equal prefixing and suffixing
Nominal Categories
Definite Articles No definite or indefinite article
Indefinite Articles No definite or indefinite article
Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive suffixes
Nominal Syntax
Noun Phrase Conjunction 'And' different from 'with'
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Identity
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect prefixes
The Morphological Imperative Second singular
The Prohibitive Normal imperative + normal negative
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO
Order of Subject and Verb SV
Order of Object and Verb VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase No dominant order
Order of Genitive and Noun Genitive-Noun
Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun Noun-Numeral
Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
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 Other
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun VO and NRel
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun VO and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects Subject affixes on verb
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Indirect-object construction
Negative Morphemes Negative particle
Polar Questions Question particle
Predicative Adjectives Nonverbal encoding
Nominal and Locational Predication Different
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals Possible
Comparative Constructions Conjoined
Complex Sentences
'Want' Complement Subjects Subject is expressed overtly