| 1A |
Consonant Inventories |
Average |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 2A |
Vowel Quality Inventories |
Average (5-6) |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 3A |
Consonant-Vowel Ratio |
Average |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 4A |
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives |
In plosives alone |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 5A |
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems |
Missing /g/ |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 6A |
Uvular Consonants |
None |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 7A |
Glottalized Consonants |
No glottalized consonants |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 8A |
Lateral Consonants |
/l/, no obstruent laterals |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 9A |
The Velar Nasal |
No velar nasal |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 11A |
Front Rounded Vowels |
None |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 13A |
Tone |
No tones |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 14A |
Fixed Stress Locations |
No fixed stress |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 15A |
Weight-Sensitive Stress |
Right-edge: Ultimate or penultimate |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 16A |
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems |
Long vowel |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 18A |
Absence of Common Consonants |
All present |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 19A |
Presence of Uncommon Consonants |
None |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Strongly suffixing |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
Plural suffix |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 43A |
Third Person Pronouns and Demonstratives |
Related for all demonstratives |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 44A |
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns |
3rd person only, but also non-singular |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 48A |
Person Marking on Adpositions |
Pronouns and nouns |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
Case suffixes |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 57A |
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes |
Possessive suffixes |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 70A |
The Morphological Imperative |
Second singular and second plural |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 71A |
The Prohibitive |
Special imperative + special negative |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 77A |
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality |
Indirect only |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 78A |
Coding of Evidentiality |
Separate particle |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
No dominant order |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 82A |
Order of Subject and Verb |
No dominant order |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 83A |
Order of Object and Verb |
No dominant order |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 84A |
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb |
No dominant order |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Postpositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
No dominant order |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Adjective-Noun |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 88A |
Order of Demonstrative and Noun |
Mixed |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90A |
Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Noun-Relative clause |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90C |
Postnominal relative clauses |
Noun-Relative clause (NRel) dominant |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
No question particle |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
Initial interrogative phrase |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 95A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Other |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 96A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Other |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 97A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun |
Other |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 100A |
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking |
Hierarchical |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 102A |
Verbal Person Marking |
Both the A and P arguments |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 103A |
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking |
No zero realization |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 104A |
Order of Person Markers on the Verb |
Both orders of A and P occur |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 106A |
Reciprocal Constructions |
Identical to reflexive |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 107A |
Passive Constructions |
Present |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Interrogative intonation only |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Different |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 130A |
Finger and Hand |
Different |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
NegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
NegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143G |
Minor morphological means of signaling negation |
None |
Word Order |
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comment
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