Mandinka
WALS coordinates: 13° N, 15° 40′ W
spoken in Mali, Senegal, Guinea
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Phonology | ||
| Vowel Nasalization | Contrast absent | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| The Associative Plural | Associative same as additive plural | |
| Numeral Classifiers | Absent | |
| Nominal Syntax | ||
| Obligatory Possessive Inflection | Absent | |
| Possessive Classification | No possessive classification | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| The Morphological Imperative | Second singular | |
| The Prohibitive | Normal imperative + special negative | |
| Imperative-Hortative Systems | Maximal system | |
| The Optative | Inflectional optative absent | |
| Lexicon | ||
| M-T Pronouns | No M-T pronouns | |
| N-M Pronouns | No N-M pronouns | |
