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Features for Lhenazi

Consonant Inventories ^WALS	Small
/t k m n θ s z ʃ x ɬ ɹ/
Vowel Quality Inventories ^WALS	Small (2-4)
/a e i o/
Consonant-Vowel Ratio ^WALS	Average
2.75 = 11 / 4
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives ^WALS	In fricatives alone
Only /s z/ contrast.
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems ^WALS	Other
Missing /b d g/
Uvular Consonants ^WALS	None
Glottalized Consonants ^WALS	No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants ^WALS	No /l/, but lateral obstruents
/ɬ/
The Velar Nasal ^WALS	No velar nasal
Vowel Nasalization ^WALS	Contrast absent
Front Rounded Vowels ^WALS	None
Syllable Structure ^WALS	Moderately complex
CCV; clusters must end with one of /ɬ ɹ/. CCVC allowed word-finally.
Tone ^WALS	No tones
Fixed Stress Locations ^WALS	No fixed stress
Weight-sensitive
Weight-Sensitive Stress ^WALS	Right-edge: Ultimate or penultimate
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems ^WALS	Long vowel or coda consonant
Absence of Common Consonants ^WALS	All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants ^WALS	'Th' sounds

Locus of Marking in the Clause ^WALS	Double marking
lhaine-ei laugh-III kanei-0 man-NOM "the man laughs" The agent kanei is a class III noun, which the verb agrees with.
Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases ^WALS	Double marking
e-shite POSS.3.SG.FEM.III-book mo-tamei POSS.IV-woman "woman's book" (III and IV refer to noun classes; shite is class IV, tamei is class III)
Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology ^WALS	Head-marking
lhaine-ei laugh-III em-ikenei-0 POSS.3.SG-son-NOM mei-tamei POSS.III-woman "the woman's son laughs" The verb is marked to agree with the agent, and the possessed noun is marked to agree with the possessor. (III refers to noun classes; ikenei and tamei are both class III)
Reduplication ^WALS	No productive reduplication
Syncretism in Verbal Person/Number Marking ^WALS	Not syncretic

Number of Genders ^WALS	Four
Nouns categories are based on degree of magic: full, partial, potential, and none. (Fantasy setting)
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems ^WALS	Non-sex-based
Based on degree of magic
Systems of Gender Assignment ^WALS	Semantic
Coding of Nominal Plurality ^WALS	Plural prefix
ai-
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality ^WALS	All nouns, always obligatory
Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns ^WALS	Person-number affixes
Definite Articles ^WALS	Demonstrative word used as definite article
Indefinite Articles ^WALS	No indefinite, but definite article
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Independent Pronouns ^WALS	Inclusive/exclusive
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Verbal Inflection ^WALS	'We' the same as 'I'
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns ^WALS	In 3rd person + 1st and/or 2nd person
Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns ^WALS	Multiple politeness distinctions
Based on social status: higher than you, equal to you, and lower than you.
Ordinal Numerals ^WALS	First/one-th, two-th, three-th
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes ^WALS	Possessive prefixes

Obligatory Possessive Inflection ^WALS	Absent
Possessive Classification ^WALS	No possessive classification
Genitives, Adjectives and Relative Clauses ^WALS	Adjectives and relative clauses collapsed
e-shite POSS-book mo-kanei POSS-man "the man's book" Adjectives are expressed as relative clauses with a and stative verbs: kanei man a REL tolhritei tall "the man that is tall", or "the tall man"
Adjectives without Nouns ^WALS	Marked by suffix
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction ^WALS	Identity

Perfective/Imperfective Aspect ^WALS	Grammatical marking
The Past Tense ^WALS	Present, no remoteness distinctions
Divided into yesterday ("-om") and everything else (ergative).
The Future Tense ^WALS	Inflectional future exists
The Perfect ^WALS	Other perfect
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes ^WALS	Mixed type
The Morphological Imperative ^WALS	No second-person imperatives
The Prohibitive ^WALS	Normal imperative + special negative
Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality ^WALS	No grammatical evidentials
Coding of Evidentiality ^WALS	No grammatical evidentials
Suppletion According to Tense and Aspect ^WALS	None
Verbal Number and Suppletion ^WALS	None

Order of Subject, Object and Verb ^WALS	VSO
toshei V tamei S shiten O "the woman buys a book"
Order of Subject and Verb ^WALS	VS
lhainei V tamei S "the woman laughs"
Order of Object and Verb ^WALS	VO
i PASS toshei V shite O "a book is bought"
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb ^WALS	VOX
Order of Genitive and Noun ^WALS	Noun-Genitive
Order of Adjective and Noun ^WALS	Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun ^WALS	Demonstrative-Noun
Order of Numeral and Noun ^WALS	Numeral-Noun
Order of Relative Clause and Noun ^WALS	Noun-Relative clause
tamei NOM a REL lhainei V "the woman that laughs"
Order of Degree Word and Adjective ^WALS	Degree word-Adjective
Position of Polar Question Particles ^WALS	Other position
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions ^WALS	Not initial interrogative phrase
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun ^WALS	OV and NRel
tamei NOUN a REL shiten O toshei V "the woman that buys a book"
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun ^WALS	VO and NAdj

Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases ^WALS	Nominative - accusative (standard)
Split ergative: erg/abs in past tense, nom/acc otherwise.
Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns ^WALS	Nominative - accusative (standard)
Split ergative: erg/abs in past tense, nom/acc otherwise.
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking ^WALS	Split
Split ergative: erg/abs in past tense, nom/acc otherwise.
Expression of Pronominal Subjects ^WALS	Obligatory pronouns in subject position
lhainei V tamei S "the woman laughs" lhainei V tei PRO "she laughs"
Verbal Person Marking ^WALS	A or P argument
Verb agrees with NomA or ErgP.
Third Person Zero of Verbal Person Marking ^WALS	No zero realization
Order of Person Markers on the Verb ^WALS	A and P do not or do not both occur on the verb
Verb agrees with NomA or ErgP.
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' ^WALS	Indirect-object construction
Reciprocal Constructions ^WALS	Distinct from reflexive
Passive Constructions ^WALS	Present
Morpheme i precedes verb: toshei V tamei S shiten O "the woman buys a book" i PASS toshe V shite S "a book is bought"
Negative Morphemes ^WALS	Negative particle
Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard Negation ^WALS	Symmetric
Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard Negation ^WALS	Non-assignable
Polar Questions ^WALS	Question particle
Predicative Possession ^WALS	Genitive
Predicative Adjectives ^WALS	Verbal encoding
Nominal and Locational Predication ^WALS	Different
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals ^WALS	Impossible

Relativization on Subjects ^WALS	Relative pronoun
lhainei V tamei S a-n REL-O tarei V kanei S "the woman that the man sees laughs"

Writing Systems ^WALS	Syllabic
Para-Linguistic Usages of Clicks ^WALS	Other or none

Conlang type	Artlang

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