1. Family: Austronesian
  2. Subfamily: Western Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Genus: Borneo

Ma'anyan

WALS coordinates: 2° S, 115° E

spoken in Indonesia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Ma'anyan
Routledge:
  • South East (Ma'anyan)
Other:
  • Maanyan
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Phonology
Fixed Stress Locations Penultimate
Weight-Sensitive Stress Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity)
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems No weight
Nominal Categories
Definite Articles Demonstrative word used as definite article
Indefinite Articles Indefinite word same as 'one'
Distributive Numerals Marked by reduplication
Nominal Syntax
Adjectives without Nouns Marked by preceding word
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO
Order of Subject and Verb SV
Order of Object and Verb VO
Order of Genitive and Noun Noun-Genitive
Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun Noun-Numeral
Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
Order of Degree Word and Adjective No dominant order
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun VO and NRel
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun VO and NAdj