Zoque (Chimalapa)

WALS coordinates: 16° 45′ N, 94° 45′ W

spoken in Mexico

Alternative Names

Feature	Value	References
Nominal Categories
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality	All nouns, always obligatory
Definite Articles	Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Comitatives and Instrumentals	Differentiation
Nominal Syntax
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction	Identity
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 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-Noun
Order of Numeral and Noun	Numeral-Noun
Order of Relative Clause and Noun	Noun-Relative clause
Order of Degree Word and Adjective	Degree word-Adjective
Position of Polar Question Particles	No question particle
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions	Initial interrogative phrase
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase	VO and Postpositions
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun	VO and NRel
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun	VO and AdjN
Simple Clauses
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'	Secondary-object construction
Negative Morphemes	Negative particle
Polar Questions	Interrogative intonation only
Complex Sentences
'Want' Complement Subjects	Desiderative verbal affix