Madurese
WALS coordinates: 7° S, 113° 30′ E
spoken in Indonesia
Alternative Names
| Ethnologue: | |
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| Ruhlen: |
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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 | |
