1. Family: Austronesian
  2. Subfamily: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Genus: Oceanic

Kele

WALS coordinates: 2° 5′ S, 147° 5′ E

spoken in Papua New Guinea

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Gele
Routledge:
  • Gele (Ere-Lele-Gele-Kuruti)
Other:
  • Kele (in Papua New Guinea),
  • Kele (Papua New Guinea)
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Nominal Categories
Definite Articles Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO
Order of Subject and Verb SV
Order of Object and Verb VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Prepositions
Order of Genitive and Noun Noun-Genitive
Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun Noun-Numeral
Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
Order of Degree Word and Adjective Adjective-Degree word
Position of Polar Question Particles Final
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 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 Negative particle
Polar Questions Question particle