Khakas
WALS coordinates: 53° N, 90° E
spoken in Russia
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 | ||
| Number of Genders | None | |
| Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems | No gender | |
| Systems of Gender Assignment | No gender | |
| The Associative Plural | Associative same as additive plural | |
| Indefinite Pronouns | Interrogative-based | |
| Distributive Numerals | Marked by suffix | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| The Morphological Imperative | Second singular and second plural | |
| The Prohibitive | Normal imperative + special negative | |
| The Optative | Inflectional optative absent | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Antipassive Constructions | No antipassive | |
| Applicative Constructions | No applicative construction | |
| Comparative Constructions | Locational | |
| Lexicon | ||
| Hand and Arm | Identical | |
| Finger and Hand | Different | |
| Tea | Words derived from Sinitic cha | |
