Nabak

WALS coordinates: 6° 25′ 12.00″ S, 147° E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
The Velar Nasal	Initial velar nasal
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Strongly suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality	All nouns, always optional
Indefinite Articles	Indefinite word distinct from 'one'
Position of Case Affixes	Postpositional clitics
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Possessive suffixes
Nominal Syntax
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction	Identity
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Tense-aspect suffixes
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	SOV
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
Order of Object and Verb	OV
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	Postpositions
Order of Genitive and Noun	Genitive-Noun
Order of Adjective and Noun	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun	Noun-Numeral
Order of Degree Word and Adjective	Adjective-Degree word
Position of Polar Question Particles	No question particle
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	OV and Postpositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	OV and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Subject affixes on verb
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'	Secondary-object construction
Negative Morphemes	Negative particle
Polar Questions	Interrogative intonation only
Complex Sentences
'Want' Complement Subjects	Desiderative verbal affix