Kâte

WALS coordinates: 6° 30′ S, 147° 45′ E

spoken in Papua New Guinea

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Alternative Names

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

Features

ID Feature Value Area References  
9A The Velar Nasal Initial velar nasal Phonology
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34A Occurrence of Nominal Plurality Only human nouns, optional Nominal Categories
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46A Indefinite Pronouns Generic-noun-based Nominal Categories
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52A Comitatives and Instrumentals Differentiation Nominal Categories
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55A Numeral Classifiers Absent Nominal Categories
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58A Obligatory Possessive Inflection Absent Nominal Syntax
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58B Number of Possessive Nouns None reported Nominal Syntax
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59A Possessive Classification Two classes Nominal Syntax
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63A Noun Phrase Conjunction 'And' different from 'with' Nominal Syntax
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64A Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Identity Nominal Syntax
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118A Predicative Adjectives Nonverbal encoding Simple Clauses
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119A Nominal and Locational Predication Different Simple Clauses
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120A Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals Possible Simple Clauses
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129A Hand and Arm Identical Lexicon
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130A Finger and Hand Different Lexicon
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136A M-T Pronouns No M-T pronouns Lexicon
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136B M in First Person Singular m in first person singular Lexicon
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137A N-M Pronouns N-M pronouns, non-paradigmatic Lexicon
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137B M in Second Person Singular m in second person singular Lexicon
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