Soninke
WALS coordinates: 15° N, 10° 30′ W
spoken in Burkina Faso, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal
Alternative Names
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| Ruhlen: |
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Nominal Categories | ||
| Intensifiers and Reflexive Pronouns | Identical | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| Imperative-Hortative Systems | Minimal system | |
| The Optative | Inflectional optative absent | |
| Word Order | ||
| Order of Subject, Object and Verb | SOV | |
| Order of Subject and Verb | SV | |
| Order of Object and Verb | OV | |
| Order of Adjective and Noun | Noun-Adjective | |
| Position of Polar Question Particles | Final | |
| Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions | Not initial interrogative phrase | |
| Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun | OV and NAdj | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Expression of Pronominal Subjects | Obligatory pronouns in subject position | |
| Negative Morphemes | Negative particle | |
| Polar Questions | Question particle | |
| Lexicon | ||
| Tea | Others | |
