Newari (Dolakha)

WALS coordinates: 27° 19′ 48.00″ N, 86° E

spoken in Nepal

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural clitic
The Associative Plural	Associative same as additive plural
Indefinite Pronouns	Interrogative-based
Position of Case Affixes	Case suffixes
Comitatives and Instrumentals	Differentiation
Nominal Syntax
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction	Differentiation
Verbal Categories
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality	Indirect only
Coding of Evidentiality	Verbal affix or clitic
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	Adjective-Noun
Order of Relative Clause and Noun	Relative clause-Noun
Position of Polar Question Particles	Final
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause	Mixed
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	OV and RelN
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	OV and AdjN
Simple Clauses
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'	Indirect-object construction
Negative Morphemes	Negative affix
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation	Predicate negation also present
Polar Questions	Question particle