Wedau
WALS coordinates: 10° 10′ S, 150° 10′ 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 | Weakly suffixing | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Coding of Nominal Plurality | Plural prefix | |
| Position of Case Affixes | Case suffixes | |
| Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes | Possessive suffixes | |
| 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 | No dominant order | |
| Order of Genitive and Noun | Genitive-Noun | |
| Order of Adjective and Noun | Noun-Adjective | |
| Order of Demonstrative and Noun | Demonstrative-Noun | |
| Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions | Not 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 Adjective and Noun | OV and NAdj | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Expression of Pronominal Subjects | Subject pronouns in different position | |
