| 10A |
Vowel Nasalization |
Contrast absent |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 10B |
Nasal Vowels in West Africa |
no nasal vs. oral vowel contrast |
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 stem change |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 37A |
Definite Articles |
Definite word distinct from demonstrative |
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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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Mixed type |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
SVO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 82A |
Order of Subject and Verb |
SV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 83A |
Order of Object and Verb |
VO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Prepositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
Noun-Genitive |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Noun-Adjective |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 88A |
Order of Demonstrative and Noun |
Noun-Demonstrative |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
In either of two positions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
Not initial interrogative phrase |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 94A |
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause |
Initial subordinator word |
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 |
VO and Prepositions |
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 |
VO and NAdj |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 101A |
Expression of Pronominal Subjects |
Obligatory pronouns in subject position |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative particle |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Question particle |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
VNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
VNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143G |
Minor morphological means of signaling negation |
None |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144A |
Position of Negative Word With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb |
SVONeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144B |
Position of negative words relative to beginning and end of clause and with respect to adjacency to verb |
End, not immed postverbal |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144D |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SVO Languages |
SVONeg |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144H |
NegSVO Order |
No NegSVO |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144I |
SNegVO Order |
No SNegVO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144J |
SVNegO Order |
No SVNegO |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144K |
SVONeg Order |
NoDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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