Tairora
WALS coordinates: 6° 30′ S, 146° E
spoken in Papua New Guinea
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Morphology | ||
| Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology | Strongly suffixing | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Coding of Nominal Plurality | Plural suffix | |
| Position of Case Affixes | Case suffixes | |
| Comitatives and Instrumentals | Differentiation | |
| Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes | Possessive prefixes | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes | Tense-aspect suffixes | |
| Word Order | ||
| Order of Subject, Object and Verb | SOV | |
| Order of Subject and Verb | SV | |
| Order of Object and Verb | OV | |
| 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 | Noun-Numeral | |
| Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause | Subordinating suffix | |
| 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 | |
| Negative Morphemes | Negative particle | |
