1. Family: Quechuan
  2. Genus: Quechuan

Quechua (Huallaga)

WALS coordinates: 6° S, 76° W

spoken in Peru

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Quechua
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Huallaga Quechua
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Morphology
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Strongly suffixing
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
    Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns Person stem + nominal plural affix
    Definite Articles No definite, but indefinite article
    Indefinite Articles Indefinite affix
    Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives Three-way contrast
    Pronominal and Adnominal Demonstratives Identical
    Indefinite Pronouns Interrogative-based
    Intensifiers and Reflexive Pronouns Identical
    Position of Case Affixes Postpositional clitics
    Distributive Numerals Marked by following word
    Numeral Classifiers Absent
    Conjunctions and Universal Quantifiers Formally similar, with interrogative
    Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive suffixes
    Nominal Syntax
    Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Both expressed by juxtaposition
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
    Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality Direct and indirect
    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 Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
    Order of Numeral and Noun Numeral-Noun
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Relative clause-Noun
    Order of Degree Word and Adjective Degree word-Adjective
    Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle
    Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Not initial interrogative phrase
    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' Secondary-object construction
    Reciprocal Constructions Identical to reflexive
    Negative Morphemes Double negation
    Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation Predicate negation also present
    Polar Questions Interrogative verb morphology
    Complex Sentences
    'Want' Complement Subjects Subject is left implicit
    Purpose Clauses Deranked
    Reason Clauses Deranked
    Utterance Complement Clauses Balanced