Maale
WALS coordinates: 6° N, 36° 55′ E
spoken in Ethiopia
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Features
| ID | Feature | Value | Area | References | |
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| 44A | Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns | 3rd person singular only | Nominal Categories | comment | |
| 46A | Indefinite Pronouns | Generic-noun-based | Nominal Categories | comment | |
| 48A | Person Marking on Adpositions | No adpositions | Nominal Categories | comment | |
| 64A | Nominal and Verbal Conjunction | Differentiation | Nominal Syntax | comment | |
| 70A | The Morphological Imperative | Second singular and second plural | Verbal Categories | comment | |
| 71A | The Prohibitive | Special imperative + special negative | Verbal Categories | comment | |
| 72A | Imperative-Hortative Systems | Neither type of system | Verbal Categories | comment | |
| 100A | Alignment of Verbal Person Marking | Neutral | Simple Clauses | comment | |
| 103A | Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking | No person marking | Simple Clauses | comment | |
| 104A | Order of Person Markers on the Verb | A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb | Simple Clauses | comment | |
| 105A | Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' | Indirect-object construction | Simple Clauses | comment | |
| 107A | Passive Constructions | Present | Simple Clauses | comment | |
| 115A | Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation | Predicate negation also present | Simple Clauses | comment | |
| 122A | Relativization on Subjects | Gap | Complex Sentences |
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| 123A | Relativization on Obliques | Gap | Complex Sentences | comment | |
| 124A | 'Want' Complement Subjects | Subject is left implicit | Complex Sentences | comment |
