Polar Questions WALS

In-depth description: Only at WALS
Values:
Conlangs:
Question particle (344 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (95 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (24 languages)
Interrogative word order (31 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 distinction34442.230769230769226247.49999999999997Question particle95142.78021978021977419.75933586762073Interrogative verb morphology24243.32967032967034468.87745974955277Mixture of previous two types31343.8791208791208464.0348278175313Interrogative word order2444.4285714285714484.0971601073345Absence of declarative morphemes45544.978021978022454.34956395348837Interrogative intonation only12645.5274725274726477.179114490161No interrogative-declarative distinction8086.47252747252747430.136404293381Question particle16187.02197802197801474.4118962432916Interrogative verb morphology2287.57142857142856484.0971601073345Mixture of previous two types3388.12087912087907483.40535554561717Interrogative word order0488.67032967032964485.4807692307692Absence of declarative morphemes17589.2197802197802473.7200916815742Interrogative intonation only1689.7692307692308484.7889646690519No interrogative-declarative distinctionConlangNatlang