| 9A |
The Velar Nasal |
No velar nasal |
Phonology |
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| 22A |
Inflectional Synthesis of the Verb |
4-5 categories per word |
Morphology |
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| 23A |
Locus of Marking in the Clause |
Head marking |
Morphology |
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| 24A |
Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases |
Head marking |
Morphology |
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| 25A |
Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology |
Head-marking |
Morphology |
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| 25B |
Zero Marking of A and P Arguments |
Non-zero marking |
Morphology |
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| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Equal prefixing and suffixing |
Morphology |
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| 27A |
Reduplication |
Productive full and partial reduplication |
Morphology |
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| 30A |
Number of Genders |
None |
Nominal Categories |
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| 31A |
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems |
No gender |
Nominal Categories |
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| 32A |
Systems of Gender Assignment |
No gender |
Nominal Categories |
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
Plural suffix |
Nominal Categories |
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| 35A |
Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns |
Person-number stem + nominal plural affix |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 37A |
Definite Articles |
Definite word distinct from demonstrative |
Nominal Categories |
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| 38A |
Indefinite Articles |
Indefinite word distinct from 'one' |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 41A |
Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives |
Two-way contrast |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 42A |
Pronominal and Adnominal Demonstratives |
Identical |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 43A |
Third Person Pronouns and Demonstratives |
Related to remote demonstratives |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 44A |
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns |
No gender distinctions |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 45A |
Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns |
No politeness distinction |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 48A |
Person Marking on Adpositions |
Pronouns and nouns |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
No case affixes or adpositional clitics |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 52A |
Comitatives and Instrumentals |
Identity |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 54A |
Distributive Numerals |
Marked by reduplication |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 55A |
Numeral Classifiers |
Absent |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 57A |
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes |
Possessive prefixes |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 63A |
Noun Phrase Conjunction |
'And' identical to 'with' |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Tense-aspect suffixes |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 70A |
The Morphological Imperative |
Second singular and second plural |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 71A |
The Prohibitive |
Normal imperative + special negative |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 72A |
Imperative-Hortative Systems |
Neither type of system |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 73A |
The Optative |
Inflectional optative absent |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 77A |
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality |
No grammatical evidentials |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 78A |
Coding of Evidentiality |
No grammatical evidentials |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 79A |
Suppletion According to Tense and Aspect |
Tense |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 79B |
Suppletion in Imperatives and Hortatives |
None (= no suppletive imperatives reported in the reference material) |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 80A |
Verbal Number and Suppletion |
None |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
No dominant order |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 82A |
Order of Subject and Verb |
VS |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 83A |
Order of Object and Verb |
VO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Prepositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
Noun-Genitive |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Adjective-Noun |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 89A |
Order of Numeral and Noun |
Numeral-Noun |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90A |
Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Noun-Relative clause |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90C |
Postnominal relative clauses |
Noun-Relative clause (NRel) dominant |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
No question particle |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 94A |
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause |
Initial subordinator word |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 95A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
VO and Prepositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 96A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
VO and NRel |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 97A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun |
VO and AdjN |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 100A |
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking |
Accusative |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 102A |
Verbal Person Marking |
Both the A and P arguments |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 103A |
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking |
Zero in all 3rd person forms |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 104A |
Order of Person Markers on the Verb |
A precedes P |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 107A |
Passive Constructions |
Present |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 111A |
Nonperiphrastic Causative Constructions |
Morphological but no compound |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative particle |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Interrogative intonation only |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Different |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 130A |
Finger and Hand |
Different |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 136A |
M-T Pronouns |
No M-T pronouns |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 136B |
M in First Person Singular |
No m in first person singular |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 137A |
N-M Pronouns |
N-M pronouns, paradigmatic |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 137B |
M in Second Person Singular |
m in second person singular |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
NegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
NegV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 143G |
Minor morphological means of signaling negation |
None |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144A |
Position of Negative Word With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb |
Other |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144B |
Position of negative words relative to beginning and end of clause and with respect to adjacency to verb |
Immed preverbal |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144T |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in Verb-Initial Languages |
NegV & VS & VO |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144V |
Verb-Initial with Preverbal Negative |
Separate word, no double negation Word&NoDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144W |
Verb-Initial with Negative that is Immediately Postverbal or between Subject and Object |
None |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 144X |
Verb-Initial with Clause-Final Negative |
No clause-final neg |
Word Order |
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comment
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