| 1A |
Consonant Inventories |
Moderately large |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 2A |
Vowel Quality Inventories |
Average (5-6) |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 3A |
Consonant-Vowel Ratio |
Moderately high |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 4A |
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives |
In fricatives alone |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 5A |
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems |
Other |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 6A |
Uvular Consonants |
None |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 7A |
Glottalized Consonants |
Ejectives and glottalized resonants |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 8A |
Lateral Consonants |
/l/ and lateral obstruent |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 9A |
The Velar Nasal |
No velar nasal |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 10A |
Vowel Nasalization |
Contrast present |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 11A |
Front Rounded Vowels |
None |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 12A |
Syllable Structure |
Moderately complex |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 13A |
Tone |
Simple tone system |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 14A |
Fixed Stress Locations |
No fixed stress |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 15A |
Weight-Sensitive Stress |
Not predictable |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 16A |
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems |
Lexical stress |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 17A |
Rhythm Types |
No rhythmic stress |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 18A |
Absence of Common Consonants |
All present |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 19A |
Presence of Uncommon Consonants |
None |
Phonology |
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comment
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| 20A |
Fusion of Selected Inflectional Formatives |
Exclusively concatenative |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 21A |
Exponence of Selected Inflectional Formatives |
No case |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 21B |
Exponence of Tense-Aspect-Mood Inflection |
monoexponential TAM |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 22A |
Inflectional Synthesis of the Verb |
8-9 categories per word |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 23A |
Locus of Marking in the Clause |
Head marking |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 24A |
Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases |
Head marking |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 25A |
Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology |
Head-marking |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 25B |
Zero Marking of A and P Arguments |
Non-zero marking |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 26A |
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology |
Strong prefixing |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 27A |
Reduplication |
No productive reduplication |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 28A |
Case Syncretism |
No case marking |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 29A |
Syncretism in Verbal Person/Number Marking |
Not syncretic |
Morphology |
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comment
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| 33A |
Coding of Nominal Plurality |
Plural suffix |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 35A |
Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns |
Person-number stem |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 36A |
The Associative Plural |
Unique periphrastic associative plural |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 37A |
Definite Articles |
No definite or indefinite article |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 38A |
Indefinite Articles |
No definite or indefinite article |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 39A |
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Independent Pronouns |
No inclusive/exclusive |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 40A |
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Verbal Inflection |
No inclusive/exclusive |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 41A |
Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives |
Two-way contrast |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 42A |
Pronominal and Adnominal Demonstratives |
Identical |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 43A |
Third Person Pronouns and Demonstratives |
Related for non-human reference |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 44A |
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns |
No gender distinctions |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 45A |
Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns |
No politeness distinction |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 46A |
Indefinite Pronouns |
Generic-noun-based |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 48A |
Person Marking on Adpositions |
Pronouns only |
Nominal Categories |
|
comment
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| 49A |
Number of Cases |
No morphological case-marking |
Nominal Categories |
|
comment
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| 50A |
Asymmetrical Case-Marking |
No case-marking |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 51A |
Position of Case Affixes |
No case affixes or adpositional clitics |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 52A |
Comitatives and Instrumentals |
Differentiation |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 53A |
Ordinal Numerals |
First, two-th, three-th |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 57A |
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes |
Possessive prefixes |
Nominal Categories |
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comment
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| 58A |
Obligatory Possessive Inflection |
Absent |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 58B |
Number of Possessive Nouns |
None reported |
Nominal Syntax |
|
comment
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| 59A |
Possessive Classification |
Three to five classes |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 62A |
Action Nominal Constructions |
No action nominals |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 63A |
Noun Phrase Conjunction |
'And' different from 'with' |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 64A |
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction |
Differentiation |
Nominal Syntax |
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comment
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| 65A |
Perfective/Imperfective Aspect |
Grammatical marking |
Verbal Categories |
|
comment
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| 66A |
The Past Tense |
Present, 2-3 remoteness distinctions |
Verbal Categories |
|
comment
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| 67A |
The Future Tense |
Inflectional future exists |
Verbal Categories |
|
comment
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| 68A |
The Perfect |
Other perfect |
Verbal Categories |
|
comment
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| 69A |
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes |
Tense-aspect prefixes |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 70A |
The Morphological Imperative |
No second-person imperatives |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 72A |
Imperative-Hortative Systems |
Maximal system |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 73A |
The Optative |
Inflectional optative absent |
Verbal Categories |
|
comment
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| 74A |
Situational Possibility |
Other kinds of markers |
Verbal Categories |
|
comment
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| 75A |
Epistemic Possibility |
Other |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 76A |
Overlap between Situational and Epistemic Modal Marking |
No overlap |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 77A |
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality |
Indirect only |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 78A |
Coding of Evidentiality |
Separate particle |
Verbal Categories |
|
comment
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| 79A |
Suppletion According to Tense and Aspect |
Aspect |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 79B |
Suppletion in Imperatives and Hortatives |
None (= no suppletive imperatives reported in the reference material) |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
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| 80A |
Verbal Number and Suppletion |
Singular-dual-plural triples, suppletion |
Verbal Categories |
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comment
examples
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| 81A |
Order of Subject, Object and Verb |
SOV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 82A |
Order of Subject and Verb |
SV |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 83A |
Order of Object and Verb |
OV |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 84A |
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb |
XOV |
Word Order |
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comment
examples
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| 85A |
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
Postpositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 86A |
Order of Genitive and Noun |
Genitive-Noun |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 87A |
Order of Adjective and Noun |
Noun-Adjective |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 88A |
Order of Demonstrative and Noun |
Demonstrative-Noun |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 89A |
Order of Numeral and Noun |
Noun-Numeral |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90A |
Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Mixed |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90C |
Postnominal relative clauses |
NRel or internally-headed |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 90D |
Internally-headed relative clauses |
Internally-headed or NRel |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 92A |
Position of Polar Question Particles |
Initial |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 93A |
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions |
Not initial interrogative phrase |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 94A |
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause |
Mixed |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 95A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase |
OV and Postpositions |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 96A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun |
Other |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 97A |
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun |
OV and NAdj |
Word Order |
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comment
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| 98A |
Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases |
Neutral |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
examples
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| 99A |
Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns |
Neutral |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
examples
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| 100A |
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking |
Accusative |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 101A |
Expression of Pronominal Subjects |
Subject affixes on verb |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 102A |
Verbal Person Marking |
Both the A and P arguments |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 103A |
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking |
Zero in all 3sg forms |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 104A |
Order of Person Markers on the Verb |
P precedes A |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 105A |
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' |
Indirect-object construction |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 106A |
Reciprocal Constructions |
Distinct from reflexive |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
examples
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| 107A |
Passive Constructions |
Present |
Simple Clauses |
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comment
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| 108A |
Antipassive Constructions |
No antipassive |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 108B |
Productivity of the Antipassive Construction |
no antipassive |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 109A |
Applicative Constructions |
No applicative construction |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 109B |
Other Roles of Applied Objects |
No applicative construction |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 111A |
Nonperiphrastic Causative Constructions |
Morphological but no compound |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 112A |
Negative Morphemes |
Negative particle |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 113A |
Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard Negation |
Symmetric |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 114A |
Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard Negation |
Non-assignable |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 115A |
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation |
Predicate negation also present |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 116A |
Polar Questions |
Question particle |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 118A |
Predicative Adjectives |
Verbal encoding |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 119A |
Nominal and Locational Predication |
Different |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 120A |
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals |
Impossible |
Simple Clauses |
|
comment
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| 122A |
Relativization on Subjects |
Non-reduction |
Complex Sentences |
|
comment
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| 123A |
Relativization on Obliques |
Non-reduction |
Complex Sentences |
|
comment
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| 124A |
'Want' Complement Subjects |
Subject is expressed overtly |
Complex Sentences |
|
comment
examples
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| 125A |
Purpose Clauses |
Balanced |
Complex Sentences |
|
comment
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| 126A |
'When' Clauses |
Balanced |
Complex Sentences |
|
comment
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| 127A |
Reason Clauses |
Balanced |
Complex Sentences |
|
comment
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| 128A |
Utterance Complement Clauses |
Balanced |
Complex Sentences |
|
comment
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| 129A |
Hand and Arm |
Different |
Lexicon |
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comment
examples
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| 130A |
Finger and Hand |
Different |
Lexicon |
|
comment
examples
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| 131A |
Numeral Bases |
Decimal |
Lexicon |
|
comment
examples
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| 132A |
Number of Non-Derived Basic Colour Categories |
6 |
Lexicon |
|
comment
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| 133A |
Number of Basic Colour Categories |
7-7.5 |
Lexicon |
|
comment
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| 134A |
Green and Blue |
Green vs. blue |
Lexicon |
|
comment
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| 135A |
Red and Yellow |
Red vs. yellow |
Lexicon |
|
comment
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| 136A |
M-T Pronouns |
No M-T pronouns |
Lexicon |
|
comment
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| 136B |
M in First Person Singular |
No m in first person singular |
Lexicon |
|
comment
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| 137A |
N-M Pronouns |
No N-M pronouns |
Lexicon |
|
comment
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| 137B |
M in Second Person Singular |
No m in second person singular |
Lexicon |
|
comment
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| 143A |
Order of Negative Morpheme and Verb |
VNeg |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 143E |
Preverbal Negative Morphemes |
None |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 143F |
Postverbal Negative Morphemes |
VNeg |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 143G |
Minor morphological means of signaling negation |
None |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144A |
Position of Negative Word With Respect to Subject, Object, and Verb |
SOVNeg |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144B |
Position of negative words relative to beginning and end of clause and with respect to adjacency to verb |
Immed postverbal |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144L |
The Position of Negative Morphemes in SOV Languages |
SOVNeg |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144P |
NegSOV Order |
No NegSOV |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144Q |
SNegOV Order |
No SNegOV |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144R |
SONegV Order |
No SONegV |
Word Order |
|
comment
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| 144S |
SOVNeg Order |
Word&NoDoubleNeg |
Word Order |
|
comment
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