Shilluk

WALS coordinates: 9° 40′ N, 31° 45′ E

spoken in Sudan

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Shilluk
Routledge:
  • Colo (Shilluk)
Other:
  • Shulla
ISO 639-3:

Features

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