Zoque (Ostuacan)

WALS coordinates: 17° 25′ N, 93° 18′ W

spoken in Mexico

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Zoque
Routledge:
  • Sokean
Other:
  • Ostuacan Zoque
ISO 639-3:

Features

Feature Value References
Morphology
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Equal prefixing and suffixing
Nominal Categories
Position of Case Affixes Case suffixes
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes Possessive prefixes
Verbal Categories
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
Word Order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb No dominant order
Order of Subject and Verb VS
Order of Object and Verb VO
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Initial interrogative phrase
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause Initial subordinator word