| Morphology |
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Fusion of Selected Inflectional Formatives
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Exclusively isolating |
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Exponence of Selected Inflectional Formatives
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Monoexponential case |
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Inflectional Synthesis of the Verb
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8-9 categories per word |
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Locus of Marking in the Clause
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Double marking |
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Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases
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No marking |
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Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology
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Inconsistent or other |
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Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
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Little affixation |
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| Nominal Categories |
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Coding of Nominal Plurality
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Plural word |
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Definite Articles
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No definite or indefinite article |
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Indefinite Articles
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No definite or indefinite article |
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Position of Case Affixes
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No case affixes or adpositional clitics |
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Numeral Classifiers
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Obligatory |
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Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes
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No possessive affixes |
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| Nominal Syntax |
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Genitives, Adjectives and Relative Clauses
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Highly differentiated |
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Adjectives without Nouns
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Marked by mixed or other strategies |
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Nominal and Verbal Conjunction
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Differentiation |
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| Verbal Categories |
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Perfective/Imperfective Aspect
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No grammatical marking |
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The Past Tense
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No past tense |
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The Future Tense
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No inflectional future |
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The Perfect
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Other perfect |
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Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes
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No tense-aspect inflection |
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| Word Order |
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Order of Subject, Object and Verb
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SOV |
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Order of Subject and Verb
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SV |
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Order of Object and Verb
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OV |
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Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase
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Postpositions |
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Order of Genitive and Noun
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Genitive-Noun |
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Order of Adjective and Noun
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No dominant order |
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Order of Demonstrative and Noun
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Demonstrative before and after Noun |
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Order of Numeral and Noun
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Noun-Numeral |
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Order of Relative Clause and Noun
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Mixed |
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Order of Degree Word and Adjective
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Adjective-Degree word |
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Position of Polar Question Particles
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Final |
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Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions
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Not initial interrogative phrase |
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Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause
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Final subordinator word |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase
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OV and Postpositions |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun
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Other |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun
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Other |
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| Simple Clauses |
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Expression of Pronominal Subjects
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Subject pronouns in different position |
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Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'
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Secondary-object construction |
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Antipassive Constructions
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Oblique patient |
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Applicative Constructions
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Benefactive and other; both bases |
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Negative Morphemes
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Negative word, unclear if verb or particle |
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Polar Questions
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Question particle |
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