1. Family: Altaic
  2. Genus: Turkic

Karachay-Balkar

WALS coordinates: 43° 30′ N, 42° E

spoken in Russia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Karachay
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Karachay
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    The Velar Nasal No initial velar nasal
    Morphology
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Strongly suffixing
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
    The Associative Plural Unique affixal associative plural
    Definite Articles No definite, but indefinite article
    Indefinite Articles Indefinite word same as 'one'
    Indefinite Pronouns Interrogative-based
    Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
    Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive suffixes
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
    The Morphological Imperative Second singular and second plural
    The Prohibitive Normal imperative + normal negative
    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 Polar Question Particles No question particle
    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 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 Subject affixes on verb
    Reciprocal Constructions Distinct from reflexive
    Negative Morphemes Variation between negative word and affix
    Polar Questions Interrogative verb morphology
    Complex Sentences
    Relativization on Subjects Gap
    Relativization on Obliques Gap
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Different