Rutul

WALS coordinates: 41° 30′ N, 47° 25′ E

spoken in Azerbaijan, Russia

Alternative Names

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

      Features

      Feature Value References
      Phonology
      Consonant Inventories Large
      Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6)
      Consonant-Vowel Ratio High
      Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives In both plosives and fricatives
      Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems None missing in /p t k b d g/
      Uvular Consonants Uvular stops and continuants
      Glottalized Consonants Ejectives only
      Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals
      The Velar Nasal No velar nasal
      Front Rounded Vowels None
      Syllable Structure Complex
      Tone Simple tone system
      Absence of Common Consonants All present
      Presence of Uncommon Consonants Pharyngeals
      Nominal Categories
      Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
      The Associative Plural Associative same as additive plural
      Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
      Verbal Categories
      Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Mixed type
      The Optative Inflectional optative present
      Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality Indirect only
      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
      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 Adjective and Noun OV and AdjN
      Simple Clauses
      Expression of Pronominal Subjects Subject affixes on verb