Kabyle

WALS coordinates: 36° 30′ N, 5° E

spoken in Algeria

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Kabyle
Routledge:
  • Kabylia
Other:
  • Kabyl
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Nominal Categories
Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives Three-way contrast
Pronominal and Adnominal Demonstratives Different stem
Nominal Syntax
Action Nominal Constructions Ergative-Possessive
Verbal Categories
The Morphological Imperative Second person number-neutral
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb VSO
Order of Subject and Verb VS
Order of Object and Verb VO
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb VOX
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Prepositions
Order of Genitive and Noun Noun-Genitive
Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase VO and Prepositions
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
Negative Morphemes Double negation
Polar Questions Interrogative intonation only
Predicative Possession Locational
Predicative Adjectives Mixed
Nominal and Locational Predication Different
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals Impossible
Comparative Constructions Locational
Lexicon
Tea Others