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

Warlpiri

WALS coordinates: 20° S, 132° 20′ E

spoken in Australia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Warlpiri
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Walbiri,
    • Waljbiri
    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
    Morphology
    Locus of Marking in the Clause Double marking
    Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases Dependent marking
    Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology Inconsistent or other
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Strongly suffixing
    Reduplication Productive full and partial reduplication
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
    Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
    Nominal Syntax
    Obligatory Possessive Inflection Absent
    Possessive Classification No possessive classification
    Action Nominal Constructions No action nominals
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes No tense-aspect inflection
    The Prohibitive Normal imperative + normal negative
    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 Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Adjoined
    Position of Polar Question Particles Second position
    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 Subject clitics on variable host
    Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Mixed
    Periphrastic Causative Constructions Purposive but no sequential
    Nonperiphrastic Causative Constructions Morphological but no compound
    Polar Questions Question particle
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Identical
    Number of Non-Derived Basic Colour Categories 5
    Number of Basic Colour Categories 6-6.5
    Green and Blue Green/blue
    Red and Yellow Red vs. yellow