Tuyuca
WALS coordinates: 0° 30′ N, 70° 5′ W
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Nominal Categories | ||
| Position of Case Affixes | Postpositional clitics | |
| Numeral Classifiers | Obligatory | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| The Prohibitive | Special imperative + normal negative | |
| Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality | Direct and indirect | |
| Coding of Evidentiality | Part of the tense system | |
| 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 Demonstrative and Noun | Demonstrative-Noun | |
| Order of Numeral and Noun | Numeral-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 | OV and Postpositions | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Negative Morphemes | Negative affix | |
| Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard Negation | Symmetric | |
| Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard Negation | Non-assignable | |
| Polar Questions | Interrogative verb morphology | |
| Lexicon | ||
| Hand and Arm | Different | |
| Finger and Hand | Different | |
