| 1A |
Consonant Inventories |
Moderately large |
Phonology |
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| 2A |
Vowel Quality Inventories |
Small (2-4) |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 3A |
Consonant-Vowel Ratio |
High |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 4A |
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives |
In plosives alone |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 5A |
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems |
None missing in /p t k b d g/ |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 6A |
Uvular Consonants |
Uvular stops and continuants |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 7A |
Glottalized Consonants |
Ejectives only |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 8A |
Lateral Consonants |
/l/ and lateral obstruent |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 9A |
The Velar Nasal |
No velar nasal |
Phonology |
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| 11A |
Front Rounded Vowels |
None |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 13A |
Tone |
Simple tone system |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 18A |
Absence of Common Consonants |
No nasals |
Phonology |
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| 19A |
Presence of Uncommon Consonants |
None |
Phonology |
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| 23A |
Locus of Marking in the Clause |
Double marking |
Morphology |
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| 24A |
Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases |
Head marking |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 25A |
Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology |
Inconsistent or other |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 25B |
Zero Marking of A and P Arguments |
Non-zero marking |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Weakly suffixing |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 27A |
Reduplication |
Productive full and partial reduplication |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
Plural prefix |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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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 |
Four-way contrast |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 44A |
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns |
3rd person only, but also non-singular |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 48A |
Person Marking on Adpositions |
No adpositions |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
Case suffixes |
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 suffixes |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 58A |
Obligatory Possessive Inflection |
Exists |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 58B |
Number of Possessive Nouns |
None reported |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 59A |
Possessive Classification |
Two classes |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 77A |
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality |
Indirect only |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 78A |
Coding of Evidentiality |
Verbal affix or clitic |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
VSO |
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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| 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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| 88A |
Order of Demonstrative and Noun |
Demonstrative-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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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
No question particle |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
Initial interrogative phrase |
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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| 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 |
No zero realization |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 104A |
Order of Person Markers on the Verb |
P precedes A |
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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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative auxiliary verb |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 113A |
Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard Negation |
Asymmetric |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 114A |
Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard Negation |
A/Fin |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Interrogative verb morphology |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 117A |
Predicative Possession |
Topic |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Identical |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 130A |
Finger and Hand |
Identical |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 130B |
Cultural Categories of Languages with Identity of 'Finger' and 'Hand' |
Hunter-gatherers |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 131A |
Numeral Bases |
Decimal |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 136A |
M-T Pronouns |
No M-T pronouns |
Lexicon |
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comment
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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 |
No N-M pronouns |
Lexicon |
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comment
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| 137B |
M in Second Person Singular |
No 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 |
NegVSO |
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 |
NegVSO |
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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