1. Family: Nilo-Saharan
  2. Genus: Songhay

Zarma

WALS coordinates: 13° 49′ 48.00″ N, 2° 10′ 12.00″ E

spoken in Niger

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
    Routledge:
      Other:
      • Dyerma,
      • Zerma
      ISO 639-3:

      Features

      Feature Value References
      Nominal Categories
      Coding of Nominal Plurality Plural clitic
      Definite Articles Definite word distinct from demonstrative
      Indefinite Articles Indefinite word same as 'one'
      Nominal Syntax
      Noun Phrase Conjunction 'And' identical to 'with'
      Word Order
      Order of Subject, Object and Verb No dominant order
      Order of Subject and Verb SV
      Order of Object and Verb No dominant order
      Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb No dominant order
      Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions
      Order of Genitive and Noun Genitive-Noun
      Order of Adjective and Noun Noun-Adjective
      Order of Demonstrative and Noun Noun-Demonstrative
      Order of Numeral and Noun Noun-Numeral
      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 Relative Clause and Noun Other
      Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun Other
      Simple Clauses
      Predicative Adjectives Mixed
      Nominal and Locational Predication Different
      Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals Impossible
      Lexicon
      Tea Others