| Phonology |
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The Velar Nasal
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No initial velar nasal |
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| Morphology |
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Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
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Strongly suffixing |
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| Nominal Categories |
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Coding of Nominal Plurality
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Plural suffix |
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The Associative Plural
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Unique affixal associative plural |
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Definite Articles
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No definite or indefinite article |
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Indefinite Articles
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No definite or indefinite article |
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Indefinite Pronouns
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Interrogative-based |
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Position of Case Affixes
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Case suffixes |
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Ordinal Numerals
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One-th, two-th, three-th |
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Distributive Numerals
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Marked by suffix |
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Numeral Classifiers
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Optional |
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Conjunctions and Universal Quantifiers
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Formally similar, without interrogative |
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Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes
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Possessive suffixes |
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| Nominal Syntax |
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Genitives, Adjectives and Relative Clauses
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Adjectives and relative clauses collapsed |
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Adjectives without Nouns
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Without marking |
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| Verbal Categories |
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Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes
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Tense-aspect suffixes |
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The Morphological Imperative
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Second singular and second plural |
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The Prohibitive
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Normal imperative + normal negative |
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Imperative-Hortative Systems
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Maximal system |
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Situational Possibility
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Verbal constructions |
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Epistemic Possibility
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Other |
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| Word Order |
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Order of Subject, Object and Verb
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SOV |
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Order of Subject and Verb
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SV |
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Order of Object and Verb
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OV |
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Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase
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Postpositions |
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Order of Genitive and Noun
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Genitive-Noun |
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Order of Adjective and Noun
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Adjective-Noun |
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Order of Demonstrative and Noun
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Demonstrative-Noun |
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Order of Numeral and Noun
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Numeral-Noun |
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Order of Relative Clause and Noun
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Relative clause-Noun |
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Order of Degree Word and Adjective
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Degree word-Adjective |
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Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause
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Initial subordinator word |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase
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OV and Postpositions |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun
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OV and RelN |
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Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun
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OV and AdjN |
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| Simple Clauses |
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Expression of Pronominal Subjects
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Subject affixes on verb |
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Polar Questions
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Question particle |
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Predicative Adjectives
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Nonverbal encoding |
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Nominal and Locational Predication
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Identical |
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Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals
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Impossible |
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| Lexicon |
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Hand and Arm
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Identical |
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Finger and Hand
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Different |
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Tea
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Words derived from Sinitic cha |
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