Features for Suhon

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Phonology

Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems WALS Other
Glottalized Consonants WALS No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants WALS /l/, no obstruent laterals
The Velar Nasal WALS No velar nasal
Vowel Nasalization WALS Contrast absent
Front Rounded Vowels WALS None
Syllable Structure WALS Moderately complex
Tone WALS No tones
Fixed Stress Locations WALS Initial
Rhythm Types WALS Trochaic
Presence of Uncommon Consonants WALS None

Morphology

Locus of Marking in the Clause WALS No marking

Nominal Categories

Number of Genders WALS Two
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems WALS Sex-based
Systems of Gender Assignment WALS Semantic
Coding of Nominal Plurality WALS Plural suffix
Occurrence of Nominal Plurality WALS Only human nouns, optional
Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns WALS Person stem + nominal plural affix
Definite Articles WALS No definite or indefinite article
Indefinite Articles WALS No definite or indefinite article
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Independent Pronouns WALS No inclusive/exclusive
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Verbal Inflection WALS No person marking
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns WALS 3rd person only, but also non-singular
Number of Cases WALS 2 cases
Position of Case Affixes WALS Case suffixes

Nominal Syntax

Genitives, Adjectives and Relative Clauses WALS Genitives and adjectives collapsed

Word Order

Order of Subject, Object and Verb WALS SVO
Order of Subject and Verb WALS SV
Order of Object and Verb WALS VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase WALS Prepositions
Order of Genitive and Noun WALS Genitive-Noun
Order of Adjective and Noun WALS Adjective-Noun
Order of Numeral and Noun WALS Numeral-Noun
Order of Relative Clause and Noun WALS Noun-Relative clause

Simple Clauses

Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases WALS Neutral
Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns WALS Neutral
Alignment of Verbal Person Marking WALS Neutral
Passive Constructions WALS Present
Negative Morphemes WALS Negative word, unclear if verb or particle

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