Tenyer

WALS coordinates: 10° 40′ N, 4° 30′ W

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology	Strongly suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality	Plural suffix
Verbal Categories
Perfective/Imperfective Aspect	Grammatical marking
The Past Tense	Present, no remoteness distinctions
The Future Tense	No inflectional future
The Perfect	From 'finish', 'already'
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes	Tense-aspect suffixes
Word Order
Order of Subject and Verb	SV
Order of Object and Verb	OV
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	Postpositions
Order of Adjective and Noun	Noun-Adjective
Order of Relative Clause and Noun	Noun-Relative clause
Position of Polar Question Particles	Final
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
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 particle
Polar Questions	Question particle