Features for Knashta

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Phonology

Consonant Inventories WALS Moderately large
Vowel Quality Inventories WALS Large (7-14)
Consonant-Vowel Ratio WALS Average
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives WALS In both plosives and fricatives
Uvular Consonants WALS None
Glottalized Consonants WALS No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants WALS /l/, no obstruent laterals
The Velar Nasal WALS Initial velar nasal
Vowel Nasalization WALS Contrast present
Syllable Structure WALS Moderately complex
Tone WALS No tones
Fixed Stress Locations WALS No fixed stress
Absence of Common Consonants WALS All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants WALS 'Th' sounds

Nominal Categories

Number of Genders WALS None
Definite Articles WALS Definite word distinct from demonstrative
Indefinite Articles WALS Indefinite word distinct from 'one'
Number of Cases WALS 2 cases

Nominal Syntax

Possessive Classification WALS Two classes
Noun Phrase Conjunction WALS 'And' different from 'with'

Verbal Categories

The Past Tense WALS Present, no remoteness distinctions
The Future Tense WALS Inflectional future exists

Word Order

Order of Subject, Object and Verb WALS SVO

Lexicon

Hand and Arm WALS Different
Finger and Hand WALS Different

Other

Writing Systems WALS Alphabetic

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