1. Family: Arawakan
  2. Genus: Arawakan

Tariana

WALS coordinates: 1° N, 69° 10′ 12.00″ W

spoken in Brazil

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Tariano
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Tariâna
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Morphology
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Equal prefixing and suffixing
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
    The Associative Plural Associative same as additive plural
    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 Possessive prefixes
    Verbal Categories
    Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality Direct and indirect
    Coding of Evidentiality Part of the tense system
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb SOV
    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 No dominant order
    Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
    Order of Numeral and Noun Numeral-Noun
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
    Order of Degree Word and Adjective Adjective-Degree word
    Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle
    Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Initial interrogative phrase
    Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause Mixed
    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 NRel
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun Other
    Simple Clauses
    Expression of Pronominal Subjects Subject affixes on verb
    Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Double-object construction
    Reciprocal Constructions Mixed
    Negative Morphemes Negative affix
    Polar Questions Interrogative intonation only
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Different