Savi
WALS coordinates: 35° N, 71° 30′ E
spoken in Afghanistan
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Morphology | ||
| Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology | Strongly suffixing | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Coding of Nominal Plurality | Plural suffix | |
| Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns | No politeness distinction | |
| Position of Case Affixes | Case suffixes | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes | Tense-aspect suffixes | |
| 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 | |
| Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions | Not initial interrogative phrase | |
| Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause | Mixed | |
| 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 | |
