Maale

WALS coordinates: 6° N, 36° 55′ E

spoken in Ethiopia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Male (Omotic)
Routledge:
  • Male
Other:
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Nominal Categories
    Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns 3rd person singular only
    Indefinite Pronouns Generic-noun-based
    Person Marking on Adpositions No adpositions
    Nominal Syntax
    Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Differentiation
    Verbal Categories
    The Morphological Imperative Second singular and second plural
    The Prohibitive Special imperative + special negative
    Imperative-Hortative Systems Neither type of system
    Simple Clauses
    Alignment of Verbal Person Marking Neutral
    Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking No person marking
    Order of Person Markers on the Verb A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb
    Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Indirect-object construction
    Passive Constructions Present
    Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation Predicate negation also present
    Complex Sentences
    Relativization on Subjects Gap
    Relativization on Obliques Gap
    'Want' Complement Subjects Subject is left implicit