1. Family: Macro-Ge
  2. Genus: Karajá

Javaé

WALS coordinates: 10° S, 50° 20′ W

spoken in Brazil

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
    Routledge:
      Other:
      • Karaja
      ISO 639-3:

      Features

      Feature Value References
      Phonology
      The Velar Nasal No velar nasal
      Nominal Categories
      Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
      Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive prefixes
      Verbal Categories
      Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
      Word Order
      Order of Subject, Object and Verb SOV
      Order of Subject and Verb SV
      Order of Object and Verb OV
      Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions
      Order of Genitive and Noun Genitive-Noun
      Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
      Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
      Order of Numeral and Noun No dominant order
      Order of Degree Word and Adjective Degree word-Adjective
      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 OV and Postpositions
      Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun OV and NAdj
      Simple Clauses
      Reciprocal Constructions Distinct from reflexive
      Lexicon
      Hand and Arm Different
      Finger and Hand Identical
      Number of Non-Derived Basic Colour Categories 4
      Number of Basic Colour Categories 4.5-5.5
      Green and Blue Yellow/green/blue
      Red and Yellow Yellow/green/blue vs. red