Rawa
WALS coordinates: 5° 50′ S, 146° E
spoken in Papua New Guinea
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Phonology | ||
| The Velar Nasal | No initial velar nasal | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes | Possessive suffixes | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes | Tense-aspect suffixes | |
| The Morphological Imperative | Second singular and second plural | |
| The Prohibitive | Normal imperative + normal negative | |
| Word Order | ||
| Order of Subject, Object and Verb | SOV | |
| Order of Subject and Verb | SV | |
| Order of Object and Verb | OV | |
| Order of Adjective and Noun | Noun-Adjective | |
| Order of Demonstrative and Noun | Mixed | |
| Order of Numeral and Noun | Noun-Numeral | |
| Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions | Not initial interrogative phrase | |
| Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun | OV and NAdj | |
