Ngaanyatjarra

WALS coordinates: 26° S, 126° 30′ E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
Vowel Nasalization	Contrast absent
Morphology
Locus of Marking in the Clause	Dependent marking
Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases	Dependent marking
Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology	Dependent-marking
Nominal Categories
Position of Case Affixes	Case suffixes
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Possessive suffixes
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
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	Mixed
Negative Morphemes	Negative affix
Lexicon
Hand and Arm	Different
Finger and Hand	Different
M-T Pronouns	No M-T pronouns
N-M Pronouns	No N-M pronouns