Laal

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

spoken in Chad

Alternative Names

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

        Features

        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