Jaminjung

WALS coordinates: 15° 4′ 48.00″ S, 130° 30′ E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Nominal Categories
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality	Only human nouns, obligatory
Indefinite Pronouns	Interrogative-based
Numeral Classifiers	Absent
Conjunctions and Universal Quantifiers	Formally different
Nominal Syntax
Genitives, Adjectives and Relative Clauses	Highly differentiated
Adjectives without Nouns	Without marking
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction	Both expressed by juxtaposition
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Tense-aspect suffixes
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	No dominant order
Order of Subject and Verb	No dominant order
Order of Object and Verb	No dominant order
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb	No dominant order
Order of Adjective and Noun	No dominant order
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Mixed
Order of Numeral and Noun	No dominant order
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	Other
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	Other
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Subject affixes on verb
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'	Secondary-object construction
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation	Predicate negation also present
Complex Sentences
'Want' Complement Subjects	Desiderative verbal affix