Pame
WALS coordinates: 22° N, 99° 30′ W
spoken in Mexico
Alternative Names
| Ethnologue: | |
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| Ruhlen: |
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
|---|---|---|
| Morphology | ||
| Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology | Weakly prefixing | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Coding of Nominal Plurality | Mixed morphological plural | |
| Position of Case Affixes | No case affixes or adpositional clitics | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes | Tense-aspect prefixes | |
| Word Order | ||
| Order of Subject, Object and Verb | SVO | |
| Order of Subject and Verb | SV | |
| Order of Object and Verb | VO | |
| Order of Adjective and Noun | Noun-Adjective | |
| Order of Demonstrative and Noun | Demonstrative-Noun | |
| Order of Numeral and Noun | Numeral-Noun | |
| Order of Degree Word and Adjective | Degree word-Adjective | |
| Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions | Initial interrogative phrase | |
| Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun | VO and NAdj | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Expression of Pronominal Subjects | Obligatory pronouns in subject position | |
