Wangkumara

WALS coordinates: 27° 20′ S, 143° E

spoken in Australia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Wangkumara
Routledge:
  • Wanggumara
Other:
  • Wongkumara
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Phonology
Fixed Stress Locations Initial
Weight-Sensitive Stress Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity)
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems No weight
Rhythm Types Trochaic
Nominal Categories
Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
Comitatives and Instrumentals Differentiation
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb No dominant order
Order of Subject and Verb SV
Order of Object and Verb No dominant order
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb No dominant order
Order of Adjective and Noun No dominant order
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Mixed
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Initial interrogative phrase
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Other
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun Other
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun Other