Mangbetu

WALS coordinates: 2° 30′ N, 26° 30′ E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Equal prefixing and suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural prefix
Position of Case Affixes	No case affixes or adpositional clitics
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Possessive suffixes
Nominal Syntax
Noun Phrase Conjunction	'And' identical to 'with'
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Tense-aspect suffixes
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	SVO
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
Order of Object and Verb	VO
Order of Genitive and Noun	No dominant order
Order of Adjective and Noun	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Demonstrative suffix
Order of Numeral and Noun	Noun-Numeral
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause	Initial subordinator word
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	VO and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Subject affixes on verb
Negative Morphemes	Negative particle
Predicative Possession	Conjunctional
Predicative Adjectives	Mixed
Nominal and Locational Predication	Identical
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals	Possible