Santali

WALS coordinates: 24° 30′ N, 87° E

spoken in India

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Reduplication	Productive full and partial reduplication
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Indefinite Pronouns	Interrogative-based
Distributive Numerals	Marked by mixed or other strategies
Numeral Classifiers	Optional
Nominal Syntax
Adjectives without Nouns	Marked by suffix
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Tense-aspect suffixes
The Optative	Inflectional optative present
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
Position of Polar Question Particles	No question particle
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Not initial interrogative phrase
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	OV and Postpositions
Simple Clauses
Polar Questions	Interrogative intonation only
Comparative Constructions	Locational
Lexicon
Hand and Arm	Identical
Finger and Hand	Different