Noun Phrase Conjunction
Noun phrases · one world map for each value
WALS codes 234 languages for this feature. The most frequent value, “AND-languages: 'and' and 'with' are not identical”, covers 131 of them (56%); the least frequent, “WITH-languages: 'and' and 'with' are identical”, covers 103.
That value is most frequent in Eurasia (82% of the 71 languages coded there) and least frequent in Africa (26% of 53).
All 23 Indo-European languages coded have “AND-languages: 'and' and 'with' are not identical”.
Trans-New Guinea is the most divided, its largest group reaching only 5 of 9.
AND-languages: 'and' and 'with' are not identical131 languages · 56%
WITH-languages: 'and' and 'with' are identical103 languages · 44%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AND-languages: 'and' and 'with' are not identical | 14 | 58 | 15 | 10 | 28 | 6 |
| WITH-languages: 'and' and 'with' are identical | 39 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 11 |
| All values | 53 | 71 | 39 | 11 | 43 | 17 |
Inside the largest families
| Family | Coded | Most frequent value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austronesian | 27 | WITH-languages: 'and' and 'with' are identical | 74% |
| Indo-European | 23 | AND-languages: 'and' and 'with' are not identical | 100% |
| Niger-Congo | 22 | WITH-languages: 'and' and 'with' are identical | 95% |
| Afro-Asiatic | 14 | AND-languages: 'and' and 'with' are not identical | 57% |
| Trans-New Guinea | 9 | AND-languages: 'and' and 'with' are not identical | 56% |
| Eastern Sudanic | 8 | WITH-languages: 'and' and 'with' are identical | 75% |
| Sino-Tibetan | 8 | WITH-languages: 'and' and 'with' are identical | 62% |