Tuareg (Ghat)
WALS coordinates: 25° N, 10° 10′ E
spoken in Libya
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Morphology | ||
| Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology | Weakly prefixing | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Coding of Nominal Plurality | Mixed morphological plural | |
| Position of Case Affixes | No case affixes or adpositional clitics | |
| Numeral Classifiers | Absent | |
| Nominal Syntax | ||
| Genitives, Adjectives and Relative Clauses | Highly differentiated | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes | Tense-aspect prefixes | |
| Word Order | ||
| Order of Object and Verb | VO | |
| Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase | Prepositions | |
| Order of Genitive and Noun | Noun-Genitive | |
| Order of Demonstrative and Noun | Noun-Demonstrative | |
| Order of Numeral and Noun | Numeral-Noun | |
| Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause | Initial subordinator word | |
| Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase | VO and Prepositions | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Expression of Pronominal Subjects | Subject affixes on verb | |
| Negative Morphemes | Negative particle | |
| Polar Questions | Question particle | |
