1. Family: Nilo-Saharan
  2. Genus: Western Saharan

Tubu

WALS coordinates: 16° N, 15° E

spoken in Chad, Niger

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Tubu
Routledge:
  • Teda-Daza
Other:
  • Tedaga,
  • Tubu (Daza),
  • Dazaga,
  • Tebu,
  • Teda-Daza,
  • Teda
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Strongly suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
Definite Articles Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Indefinite Articles No indefinite, but definite article
Position of Case Affixes No case affixes or adpositional clitics
Comitatives and Instrumentals Differentiation
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive suffixes
Nominal Syntax
Noun Phrase Conjunction 'And' different from 'with'
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
The Morphological Imperative Second singular and second plural
The Prohibitive Special imperative + special negative
Imperative-Hortative Systems Maximal system
The Optative Inflectional optative absent
Situational Possibility Verbal constructions
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 Noun-Genitive
Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative
Order of Numeral and Noun Noun-Numeral
Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
Position of Polar Question Particles Final
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 OV and NAdj
Simple Clauses
Negative Morphemes Negative affix
Polar Questions Question particle
Predicative Possession 'Have'
Predicative Adjectives Mixed
Nominal and Locational Predication Different
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals Possible
Comparative Constructions Locational