1. Family: Yukaghir
  2. Genus: Yukaghir

Yukaghir (Tundra)

WALS coordinates: 69° N, 155° E

spoken in Russia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Yukaghir
Routledge:
  • Yukaghir
Other:
  • Yukaghir, Tundra dialect,
  • Tundra Yukaghir
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Phonology
Consonant Inventories Average
Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6)
Consonant-Vowel Ratio Average
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives In plosives alone
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems None missing in /p t k b d g/
Uvular Consonants Uvular stops and continuants
Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals
Front Rounded Vowels Mid only
Syllable Structure Complex
Tone No tones
Absence of Common Consonants All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants None
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Strongly suffixing
Nominal Categories
Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural suffix
Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb SOV
Order of Subject and Verb SV
Order of Object and Verb OV
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions
Order of Genitive and Noun Genitive-Noun
Order of Adjective and Noun Adjective-Noun
Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative prefix
Order of Numeral and Noun Numeral-Noun
Order of Degree Word and Adjective Degree word-Adjective
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Not initial interrogative phrase
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase OV and Postpositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun OV and AdjN
Simple Clauses
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' Indirect-object construction
Reciprocal Constructions Distinct from reflexive
Negative Morphemes Negative affix
Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation Predicate negation also present
Complex Sentences
'Want' Complement Subjects Desiderative verbal affix