1. Family: Austronesian
  2. Subfamily: Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Genus: Oceanic

Roviana

WALS coordinates: 8° 15′ S, 157° 20′ E

spoken in Solomon Islands

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Roviana
Routledge:
    Other:
      ISO 639-3:

      Features

      Feature Value References
      Nominal Categories
      Definite Articles Definite word distinct from demonstrative
      Indefinite Articles Indefinite word distinct from 'one'
      Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive suffixes
      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 Genitive and Noun Noun-Genitive
      Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
      Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative
      Order of Numeral and Noun Numeral-Noun
      Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
      Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle
      Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause Initial subordinator word
      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 Obligatory pronouns in subject position
      Negative Morphemes Negative particle
      Polar Questions Interrogative intonation only