Shilluk

WALS coordinates: 9° 40′ N, 31° 45′ E

spoken in Sudan

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Equal prefixing and suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Position of Case Affixes	Case tone
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	Possessive suffixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Tense-aspect prefixes
The Morphological Imperative	Second singular and second plural
The Prohibitive	Normal imperative + special negative
Imperative-Hortative Systems	Neither type of system
The Optative	Inflectional optative absent
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb	SVO
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
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 Numeral and Noun	Noun-Numeral
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	VO and Prepositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	VO and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Negative Morphemes	Negative particle
Polar Questions	Interrogative intonation only
Predicative Adjectives	Mixed
Nominal and Locational Predication	Different
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals	Possible
Lexicon
Hand and Arm	Different
Finger and Hand	Different