Nominal and Verbal Conjunction
Noun phrases · one world map for each value
WALS codes 301 languages for this feature. The most frequent value, “Nominal and verbal conjunction are largely identical”, covers 161 of them (53%); the least frequent, “Both expressed by juxtaposition”, covers 15.
That value is most frequent in Eurasia (73% of the 75 languages coded there) and least frequent in Africa (22% of 60).
Among families with at least eight coded languages, Indo-European is the most uniform: 16 of 18 have “Nominal and verbal conjunction are largely identical”.
Pama-Nyungan is the most divided, its largest group reaching only 4 of 9.
Nominal and verbal conjunction are largely identical161 languages · 53%
Nominal and verbal conjunction are different125 languages · 42%
Both expressed by juxtaposition15 languages · 5%
One map per value; each dot is a language WALS codes with that value.
By macro-area
| Value | Africa | Eurasia | Papunesia | Australia | North America | South America |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal and verbal conjunction are largely identical | 13 | 55 | 47 | 8 | 29 | 9 |
| Nominal and verbal conjunction are different | 47 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 8 |
| Both expressed by juxtaposition | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| All values | 60 | 75 | 74 | 20 | 47 | 25 |
Inside the largest families
| Family | Coded | Most frequent value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austronesian | 50 | Nominal and verbal conjunction are largely identical | 70% |
| Niger-Congo | 24 | Nominal and verbal conjunction are different | 75% |
| Afro-Asiatic | 21 | Nominal and verbal conjunction are different | 76% |
| Indo-European | 18 | Nominal and verbal conjunction are largely identical | 89% |
| Sino-Tibetan | 13 | Nominal and verbal conjunction are different | 54% |
| Trans-New Guinea | 12 | Nominal and verbal conjunction are different | 58% |
| Pama-Nyungan | 9 | Nominal and verbal conjunction are different | 44% |
| Uto-Aztecan | 9 | Nominal and verbal conjunction are largely identical | 67% |
Languages to explore
The most fully coded languages with each value.