Namia

WALS coordinates: 3° 49′ 48.00″ S, 141° 45′ E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
The Velar Nasal	No velar nasal
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Equal prefixing and suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	No plural
Definite Articles	Demonstrative word used as definite article
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	No possessive affixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Mixed type
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 Relative Clause and Noun	Mixed
Order of Degree Word and Adjective	Adjective-Degree word
Position of Polar Question Particles	Final
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Not initial interrogative phrase
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause	Final subordinator word
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 Relative Clause and Noun	Other
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	OV and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Obligatory pronouns in subject position
Negative Morphemes	Negative affix
Polar Questions	Question particle