Polar Questions WALS

In-depth description: Only at WALS
Values:
Conlangs:
Question particle (348 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (95 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (25 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 part…Question particleInterrogative…Interrogative verb morphologyMixture of pr…Mixture of previous two typesInterrogative…Interrogative word orderAbsence of de…Absence of declarative morphemesInterrogative…Interrogative intonation onlyNo interrogat…No interrogative-declarative distinction34842.230769230769226247.5Question particle95142.78021978021977420.5147546419098Interrogative verb morphology25243.32967032967034468.384449602122Mixture of previous two types31343.8791208791208464.2813328912467Interrogative word order2444.4285714285714484.11306366047745Absence of declarative morphemes45544.978021978022454.70739389920425Interrogative intonation only12645.5274725274726477.2745358090186No interrogative-declarative distinction8086.47252747252747430.77254641909815Question particle16187.02197802197801474.53912466843497Interrogative verb morphology2287.57142857142856484.11306366047745Mixture of previous two types3388.12087912087907483.4292108753316Interrogative word order0488.67032967032964485.4807692307692Absence of declarative morphemes17589.2197802197802473.8552718832891Interrogative intonation only1689.7692307692308484.7969164456233No interrogative-declarative distinctionConlangNatlang