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KML
Family:
Nilo-Saharan
Subfamily: Eastern Sudanic
Genus:
Nilotic
Pokot
WALS coordinates: 1° 30′ N, 35° 30′ E
spoken in
Kenya
,
Uganda
Alternative Names
Ethnologue:
Pökoot
Ruhlen:
Pakot
Routledge:
Other:
Pakot
,
Suk
ISO 639-3:
pko
Features
Feature
Value
References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
Weakly suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality
Plural suffix
Definite Articles
Definite affix
Position of Case Affixes
Case suffixes
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes
Possessive suffixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes
Tense-aspect prefixes
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb
VSO
Order of Subject and Verb
VS
Order of Object and Verb
VO
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb
VOX
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase
Prepositions
Order of Genitive and Noun
Noun-Genitive
Order of Adjective and Noun
Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun
Demonstrative suffix
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
Simple Clauses
Expression of Pronominal Subjects
Subject affixes on verb
Negative Morphemes
Negative particle