Korowai

WALS coordinates: 5° 15′ S, 140° E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
Vowel Nasalization	Contrast absent
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Strongly suffixing
Reduplication	Productive full and partial reduplication
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality	Only human nouns, obligatory
Definite Articles	No definite, but indefinite article
Indefinite Articles	Indefinite affix
Position of Case Affixes	Case suffixes
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Possessive prefixes
Nominal Syntax
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 Genitive and Noun	Genitive-Noun
Order of Adjective and Noun	Adjective-Noun
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Demonstrative-Noun
Order of Relative Clause and Noun	Mixed
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 Relative Clause and Noun	Other
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
Negative Morphemes	Double negation
Polar Questions	Question particle
Complex Sentences
'Want' Complement Subjects	Desiderative particle