Yao (in Malawi)
WALS coordinates: 14° 30′ S, 35° 30′ E
spoken in Mozambique, Malawi
Alternative Names
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| Ruhlen: |
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Features
| Feature | Value | References | |
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| Verbal Categories | |||
| Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes | Tense-aspect prefixes | ||
| Word Order | |||
| Order of Subject, Object and Verb | SVO | ||
| Order of Subject and Verb | No dominant order | ||
| Order of Object and Verb | VO | ||
| Order of Adjective and Noun | Noun-Adjective | ||
| Order of Demonstrative and Noun | Noun-Demonstrative | ||
| Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun | VO and NAdj | ||
| Simple Clauses | |||
| Expression of Pronominal Subjects | Subject affixes on verb | ||
| Negative Morphemes | Negative affix | ||
