1. Family: Austro-Asiatic
  2. Genus: Munda

Korku

WALS coordinates: 22° 30′ N, 78° 30′ E

spoken in India

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Korku
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Kurku
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Morphology
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Strongly suffixing
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
    Occurrence of Nominal Plurality Only human nouns, obligatory
    Indefinite Pronouns Interrogative-based
    Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
    Distributive Numerals Marked by reduplication
    Numeral Classifiers Absent
    Conjunctions and Universal Quantifiers Formally similar, with interrogative
    Nominal Syntax
    Noun Phrase Conjunction 'And' different from 'with'
    Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Identity
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb SOV
    Order of Subject and Verb SV
    Order of Object and Verb OV
    Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions
    Order of Genitive and Noun Genitive-Noun
    Order of Adjective and Noun Adjective-Noun
    Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
    Order of Numeral and Noun Numeral-Noun
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Relative clause-Noun
    Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Mixed
    Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause Final subordinator word
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase OV and Postpositions
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun OV and RelN
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun OV and AdjN
    Simple Clauses
    Expression of Pronominal Subjects Optional pronouns in subject position
    Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Double-object construction
    Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation Predicate negation also present
    Predicative Possession Locational
    Predicative Adjectives Mixed
    Nominal and Locational Predication Identical
    Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals Impossible