Mandan

WALS coordinates: 46° 30′ N, 102° 30′ W

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Weakly suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Definite Articles	Definite affix
Indefinite Articles	Indefinite affix
Position of Case Affixes	Case suffixes
Numeral Classifiers	Absent
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Possessive prefixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Tense-aspect suffixes
The Morphological Imperative	Second singular and second plural
The Prohibitive	Normal imperative + special negative
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality	Indirect only
Coding of Evidentiality	Verbal affix or clitic
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	SOV
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
Order of Object and Verb	OV
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	Postpositions
Order of Genitive and Noun	Genitive-Noun
Order of Adjective and Noun	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Demonstrative suffix
Order of Numeral and Noun	Noun-Numeral
Position of Polar Question Particles	No question particle
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Initial interrogative phrase
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause	Subordinating suffix
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	OV and Postpositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	OV and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Subject affixes on verb
Negative Morphemes	Double negation
Polar Questions	Interrogative verb morphology