Sebei

WALS coordinates: 1° 20′ N, 34° 35′ E

spoken in Uganda

Alternative Names

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

Features

Feature Value References
Phonology
Consonant Inventories Small
Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6)
Consonant-Vowel Ratio Moderately low
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives No voicing constrast
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems Other
Uvular Consonants None
Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals
Front Rounded Vowels None
Absence of Common Consonants All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants None
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
Definite Articles Definite affix
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 Adposition and Noun Phrase Prepositions
Order of Genitive and Noun Noun-Genitive
Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative suffix
Order of Numeral and Noun Noun-Numeral
Order of Degree Word and Adjective Adjective-Degree word
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase VO and Prepositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun VO and NAdj