1. Family: Australian
  2. Genus: Pama-Nyungan

Warrgamay

WALS coordinates: 18° 34′ 48.00″ S, 146° 4′ 48.00″ E

spoken in Australia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Warrgamay
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Wargamay
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    Fixed Stress Locations No fixed stress
    Weight-Sensitive Stress Left-edge: First or second
    Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems Combined
    Rhythm Types Trochaic
    Morphology
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Strongly suffixing
    Nominal Categories
    Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives Two-way contrast
    Pronominal and Adnominal Demonstratives Identical
    Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
    Comitatives and Instrumentals Differentiation
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
    The Morphological Imperative Second singular and second plural
    The Prohibitive Special imperative + special negative
    Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality No grammatical evidentials
    Coding of Evidentiality No grammatical evidentials
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb No dominant order
    Order of Subject and Verb No dominant order
    Order of Object and Verb No dominant order
    Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb No dominant order
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Mixed
    Position of Polar Question Particles No question particle
    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 Relative Clause and Noun Other
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun Other
    Simple Clauses
    Expression of Pronominal Subjects Optional pronouns in subject position
    Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Mixed
    Negative Morphemes Negative particle
    Polar Questions Interrogative intonation only
    Complex Sentences
    Purpose Clauses Deranked
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different