Sare

WALS coordinates: 4° 30′ S, 143° 10′ E

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural clitic
Definite Articles	No definite or indefinite article
Indefinite Articles	No definite or indefinite article
Position of Case Affixes	Postpositional clitics
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Mixed type
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	SOV
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
Order of Object and Verb	OV
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb	No dominant order
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
Position of Polar Question Particles	No question particle
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Not initial interrogative phrase
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause	Initial subordinator word
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
Expression of Pronominal Subjects	Subject affixes on verb
Negative Morphemes	Negative affix
Polar Questions	Interrogative intonation only