Polar Questions WALS

In-depth description: Only at WALS
Values:
Conlangs:
Question particle (337 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (93 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (24 languages)
Interrogative word order (29 languages)
Absence of declarative morphemes (2 languages)
Interrogative intonation only (45 languages)
No interrogative-declarative distinction (12 languages)
Natlangs:
Question particle (80 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (16 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (2 languages)
Interrogative word order (3 languages)
Absence of declarative morphemes (0 languages)
Interrogative intonation only (17 languages)
No interrogative-declarative distinction (1 language)
Pygal0040408080120120160160200200240240280280320320Question partic…Question particleInterrogative v…Interrogative verb morphologyMixture of prev…Mixture of previous two typesInterrogative w…Interrogative word orderAbsence of decl…Absence of declarative morphemesInterrogative i…Interrogative intonation onlyNo interrogativ…No interrogative-declarative distinction33742.230769230769226247.49999999999997Question particle93142.78021978021977419.80655101574985Interrogative verb morphology24243.32967032967034468.5325838849578Mixture of previous two types29343.8791208791208465.0017119379137Interrogative word order2444.4285714285714484.0684204519516Absence of declarative morphemes45544.978021978022453.70292170737275Interrogative intonation only12645.5274725274726477.0066765578635No interrogative-declarative distinction8086.47252747252747428.9868180780644Question particle16187.02197802197801474.18197900022824Interrogative verb morphology2287.57142857142856484.0684204519516Mixture of previous two types3388.12087912087907483.3622460625428Interrogative word order0488.67032967032964485.4807692307692Absence of declarative morphemes17589.2197802197802473.4758046108194Interrogative intonation only1689.7692307692308484.77459484136045No interrogative-declarative distinctionConlangNatlang