Taiap
WALS coordinates: 4° 5′ S, 144° 30′ E
spoken in Papua New Guinea
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Nominal Categories | ||
| Number of Genders | Two | |
| Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems | Sex-based | |
| Systems of Gender Assignment | Semantic | |
| Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns | 3rd person singular only | |
| Person Marking on Adpositions | No adpositions | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Alignment of Verbal Person Marking | Split | |
| Verbal Person Marking | Both the A and P arguments | |
| Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking | No zero realization | |
| Order of Person Markers on the Verb | P precedes A | |
| Passive Constructions | Absent | |
| Antipassive Constructions | No antipassive | |
| Applicative Constructions | Benefactive and other; only transitive | |
