Laal

WALS coordinates: 10° N, 17° 40′ 12.00″ E

spoken in Chad

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
Vowel Nasalization	Contrast absent
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Strongly suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural stem change
Definite Articles	Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Possessive suffixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Mixed type
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	SVO
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
Order of Object and Verb	VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	Prepositions
Order of Genitive and Noun	Noun-Genitive
Order of Adjective and Noun	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Noun-Demonstrative
Position of Polar Question Particles	In either of two positions
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Not initial interrogative phrase
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause	Initial subordinator word
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	VO and Prepositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	VO and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Obligatory pronouns in subject position
Negative Morphemes	Negative particle
Polar Questions	Question particle