Sikkimese

WALS coordinates: 27° 49′ 48.00″ N, 88° 30′ E

spoken in India

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Little affixation
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural word
Definite Articles	Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Indefinite Articles	Indefinite word same as 'one'
Position of Case Affixes	Postpositional clitics
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes	No possessive affixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	No tense-aspect inflection
Word Order
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	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun	Mixed
Order of Numeral and Noun	Noun-Numeral
Order of Relative Clause and Noun	Relative clause-Noun
Order of Degree Word and Adjective	Degree word-Adjective
Position of Polar Question Particles	Final
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Not initial interrogative phrase
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause	Final 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 NAdj
Simple Clauses
Negative Morphemes	Negative word, unclear if verb or particle
Polar Questions	Question particle