1. Family: Australian
  2. Genus: Ndjébbana

Ndjébbana

WALS coordinates: 12° 10′ S, 134° 7′ E

spoken in Australia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Ndjébbana
Routledge:
  • Djeebbana
Other:
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Morphology
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Equal prefixing and suffixing
    Nominal Categories
    Definite Articles No definite or indefinite article
    Indefinite Articles No definite or indefinite article
    Indefinite Pronouns Interrogative-based
    Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
    Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Prefixes and suffixes
    Nominal Syntax
    Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Identity
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Mixed type
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb No dominant order
    Order of Subject and Verb SV
    Order of Object and Verb OV
    Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb No dominant order
    Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions
    Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
    Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
    Order of Numeral and Noun Noun-Numeral
    Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle
    Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Not initial interrogative phrase
    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
    Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation Predicate negation also present
    Polar Questions Interrogative intonation only
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Identical