Madurese

WALS coordinates: 7° S, 113° 30′ E

spoken in Indonesia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Madurese
Routledge:
    Other:
      ISO 639-3:

      Features

      Feature Value References
      Phonology
      The Velar Nasal Initial velar nasal
      Morphology
      Reduplication Productive full and partial reduplication
      Nominal Categories
      Occurrence of Nominal Plurality All nouns, always optional
      Number of Cases No morphological case-marking
      Asymmetrical Case-Marking No case-marking
      Nominal Syntax
      Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Identity
      Simple Clauses
      Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Indirect-object construction
      Complex Sentences
      'Want' Complement Subjects Subject is left implicit
      Lexicon
      Tea Words derived from Min Nan Chinese te