Xavánte
WALS coordinates: 15° S, 52° 30′ W
spoken in Brazil
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Phonology | ||
| The Velar Nasal | No velar nasal | |
| Morphology | ||
| Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology | Weakly prefixing | |
| Reduplication | No productive reduplication | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Coding of Nominal Plurality | No plural | |
| Position of Case Affixes | No case affixes or adpositional clitics | |
| Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes | Possessive prefixes | |
| Verbal Categories | ||
| Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes | No tense-aspect inflection | |
| Word Order | ||
| Order of Subject and Verb | SV | |
| Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase | Postpositions | |
| Order of Genitive and Noun | Genitive-Noun | |
| Order of Degree Word and Adjective | Adjective-Degree word | |
| Position of Polar Question Particles | Initial | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Negative Morphemes | Negative particle | |
| Polar Questions | Question particle | |
