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

Yindjibarndi

WALS coordinates: 21° 45′ S, 117° 55′ 12.00″ E

spoken in Australia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Yindjibarndi
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Kurama
    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 Long vowel
    Rhythm Types Trochaic
    Morphology
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Strongly suffixing
    Reduplication Productive full and partial reduplication
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
    Definite Articles Definite affix
    Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns No politeness distinction
    Indefinite Pronouns Interrogative-based
    Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb SVO
    Order of Subject and Verb SV
    Order of Object and Verb VO
    Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb No dominant order
    Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase No dominant order
    Order of Genitive and Noun Genitive-Noun
    Order of Adjective and Noun No dominant order
    Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
    Order of Numeral and Noun Numeral-Noun
    Position of Polar Question Particles Final
    Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Initial interrogative phrase
    Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause Subordinating suffix
    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 Adjective and Noun Other
    Simple Clauses
    Expression of Pronominal Subjects Optional pronouns in subject position
    Negative Morphemes Negative particle
    Polar Questions Question particle
    Comparative Constructions Conjoined