Kazakh
WALS coordinates: 50° N, 70° E
spoken in Kazakhstan
Alternative Names
| Ethnologue: | |
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| Ruhlen: |
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| Routledge: | |
| Other: |
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
|---|---|---|
| Phonology | ||
| The Velar Nasal | No initial velar nasal | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| The Associative Plural | Associative same as additive plural | |
| Indefinite Pronouns | Mixed | |
| Ordinal Numerals | One-th, two-th, three-th | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| The Optative | Inflectional optative absent | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation | Predicate negation also present | |
| Lexicon | ||
| Hand and Arm | Identical | |
| Finger and Hand | Different | |
| Tea | Words derived from Sinitic cha | |
