Features for Wara

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Phonology

Consonant Inventories WALS Small
Vowel Quality Inventories WALS Small (2-4)
Consonant-Vowel Ratio WALS Average
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives WALS No voicing constrast
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems WALS Other
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 absent
Front Rounded Vowels WALS None
Syllable Structure WALS Moderately complex
Tone WALS No tones
Fixed Stress Locations WALS No fixed stress
Weight-Sensitive Stress WALS Unbounded: Stress can be anywhere
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems WALS Combined
Absence of Common Consonants WALS All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants WALS None

Morphology

Locus of Marking in the Clause WALS Dependent marking
Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun Phrases WALS No marking
Locus of Marking: Whole-language Typology WALS Inconsistent or other
Reduplication WALS Productive full and partial reduplication

Nominal Categories

Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns WALS Number-indifferent pronouns
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Independent Pronouns WALS 'We' the same as 'I'
Indefinite Pronouns WALS Generic-noun-based
Intensifiers and Reflexive Pronouns WALS Differentiated

Nominal Syntax

Genitives, Adjectives and Relative Clauses WALS Adjectives and relative clauses collapsed
Nominal and Verbal Conjunction WALS Both expressed by juxtaposition

Verbal Categories

Perfective/Imperfective Aspect WALS No grammatical marking
The Perfect WALS No perfect

Simple Clauses

Expression of Pronominal Subjects WALS Obligatory pronouns in subject position
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give' WALS Double-object construction
Reciprocal Constructions WALS No reciprocals
Passive Constructions WALS Absent
Antipassive Constructions WALS No antipassive
Periphrastic Causative Constructions WALS Sequential but no purposive
Nonperiphrastic Causative Constructions WALS Neither

Complex Sentences

'Want' Complement Subjects WALS Subject is expressed overtly

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