Maale
WALS coordinates: 6° N, 36° 55′ E
spoken in Ethiopia
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| 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 | |
