Patep

WALS coordinates: 6° 55′ S, 146° 35′ E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Phonology
The Velar Nasal	Initial velar nasal
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	Genitive-Noun
Order of Adjective and Noun	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun	Noun-Numeral
Order of Relative Clause and Noun	Noun-Relative clause
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Not initial interrogative phrase
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause	Initial subordinator word
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 Relative Clause and Noun	VO and NRel
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	VO and NAdj
Lexicon
Number of Non-Derived Basic Colour Categories	5.5
Number of Basic Colour Categories	6-6.5
Green and Blue	Green/blue
Red and Yellow	Red vs. yellow