Xokleng
WALS coordinates: 24° 30′ S, 50° W
spoken in Brazil
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Morphology | ||
| Locus of Marking in the Clause | Dependent marking | |
| Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases | Head marking | |
| Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology | Inconsistent or other | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns | 3rd person singular only | |
| Person Marking on Adpositions | No person marking | |
| Simple Clauses | ||
| Alignment of Verbal Person Marking | Neutral | |
| Verbal Person Marking | No person marking | |
| Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking | No zero realization | |
| Order of Person Markers on the Verb | A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb | |
| Reciprocal Constructions | Distinct from reflexive | |
| Lexicon | ||
| Hand and Arm | Different | |
| Finger and Hand | Identical | |
| M-T Pronouns | No M-T pronouns | |
| N-M Pronouns | N-M pronouns, paradigmatic | |
