Nguna

WALS coordinates: 16° 55′ S, 168° 30′ E

spoken in Vanuatu

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Efate (North)
Routledge:
  • Efate (North)
Other:
  • Tongoa
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO
Order of Subject and Verb SV
Order of Object and Verb VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Prepositions
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
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase VO and Prepositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun VO and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Negative Morphemes Negative particle
Comparative Constructions Exceed