1. Family: Uto-Aztecan
  2. Genus: Tepiman

Tepehuan (Southeastern)

WALS coordinates: 23° N, 104° 30′ W

spoken in Mexico

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
    Routledge:
    • Tepahue (Southeastern)
    Other:
    • SE Tepehuan,
    • Southeast Tepehuan,
    • Tepehuan (Southeast),
    • Southeastern Tepehuan
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    The Velar Nasal No velar nasal
    Fixed Stress Locations No fixed stress
    Weight-Sensitive Stress Left-edge: First or second
    Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems Long vowel or coda consonant
    Rhythm Types Trochaic
    Morphology
    Reduplication Full reduplication only
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural prefix
    Occurrence of Nominal Plurality All nouns, always obligatory
    Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns Person-number affixes
    Indefinite Articles Indefinite word same as 'one'
    Indefinite Pronouns Interrogative-based
    Numeral Classifiers Absent
    Conjunctions and Universal Quantifiers Formally different
    Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive prefixes
    Nominal Syntax
    Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Identity
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
    Word Order
    Order of Subject and Verb VS
    Order of Object and Verb VO
    Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions
    Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
    Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
    Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase VO and Postpositions
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun VO and NAdj
    Simple Clauses
    Expression of Pronominal Subjects Subject affixes on verb
    Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Secondary-object construction
    Polar Questions Interrogative intonation only
    Complex Sentences
    'Want' Complement Subjects Desiderative verbal affix