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Garrwa

Garrwan family · Australia

WALS records no dominant basic order of subject, object and verb for Garrwa, a group that holds 189 of the 1,376 languages it codes for this feature.

WALS lists no other language in the family it assigns to Garrwa.

The closest grammar profile to Garrwa in the atlas belongs to Dyirbal, a Pama-Nyungan language: the two agree on 32 of the 40 features both have coded.

On Position of Polar Question Particles, WALS codes Garrwa as “Question particle in either of two positions”, a value held by 26 of the 884 languages coded, Indonesian and Malagasy among them.

Garrwa: order of head and dependent in 7 constructions← beforeafter →verbsubjectsubjectno dominant order80%13%Order of Subject and Verb: Both orders with neither order dominant. Of 1,496 languages coded, 1,192 put the subject before the verb and 194 after it.verbobject47%46%Order of Object and Verb: Object follows verb (VO). Of 1,518 languages coded, 712 put the object before the verb and 705 after it.adpositionnoun phrase49%43%Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase: Prepositions. Of 1,184 languages coded, 577 put the noun phrase before the adposition and 511 after it.noungenitive55%37%Order of Genitive and Noun: Genitive-noun (GenN). Of 1,249 languages coded, 685 put the genitive before the noun and 468 after it.nounadjective27%64%Order of Adjective and Noun: Modifying adjective follows noun (NAdj). Of 1,367 languages coded, 373 put the adjective before the noun and 879 after it.noundemonstrative45%48%Order of Demonstrative and Noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun (DemN). Of 1,225 languages coded, 551 put the demonstrative before the noun and 590 after it.nounnumeralnumeralno dominant order42%53%Order of Numeral and Noun: Both orders of numeral and noun with neither order dominant. Of 1,154 languages coded, 479 put the numeral before the noun and 608 after it.
The order Garrwa uses in 7 pairings of a head word and its dependent. Bars: how all languages coded for each pairing split, before or after.

Contrast Garrwa with Dyirbal or with any other language

Uncommon values

Values that fewer than one in ten of the coded languages share with Garrwa, rarest first.

Closest profiles

Languages that share the most coded values with Garrwa; the count is out of the features both languages are coded for.

The rest of the profile

WALS codes Garrwa for 44 of the 144 profile features used on this site. The remaining 39 are listed here, grouped by topic; within each group the value Garrwa shares with the fewest languages comes first.

Sounds 16

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Vowel Quality InventoriesSmall vowel inventory (2-4)93 of 564
Consonant-Vowel RatioModerately high102 of 564
Fixed Stress LocationsInitial: stress is on the first syllable92 of 502
Voicing in Plosives and FricativesNo voicing contrast182 of 567
Consonant InventoriesAverage201 of 563
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive SystemsOther242 of 567
Rhythm TypesTrochaic: left-hand syllable in the foot is strong153 of 323
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress SystemsNo weight, or weight factor unknown261 of 500
Weight-Sensitive StressFixed stress (no weight-sensitivity)281 of 500
Syllable StructureModerately complex syllable structure274 of 486
ToneNo tones307 of 527
Lateral Consonants/l/, no obstruent laterals388 of 567
Glottalized ConsonantsNo glottalized consonants409 of 567
Presence of Uncommon ConsonantsNone449 of 567
Uvular ConsonantsNo uvulars470 of 567
Front Rounded VowelsNone525 of 562

Word structure 5

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Locus of Marking: Whole-language TypologyConsistently dependent-marking46 of 236
Locus of Marking in the ClauseP is dependent-marked63 of 236
Locus of Marking in Possessive Noun PhrasesPossessor is dependent-marked98 of 236
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional MorphologyPredominantly suffixing406 of 969
Zero Marking of A and P ArgumentsNon-zero marking219 of 235

Nouns and pronouns 3

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Position of Pronominal Possessive AffixesNo possessive affixes260 of 902
Position of Case AffixesCase suffixes452 of 1,031
Numeral ClassifiersNumeral classifiers are absent260 of 400

Noun phrases 3

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Possessive ClassificationTwo classes94 of 243
Obligatory Possessive InflectionNo obligatorily possessed nouns201 of 244
Number of Possessive NounsNone reported233 of 243

Verbs: tense, mood, evidence 1

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Position of Tense-Aspect AffixesTense-aspect suffixes667 of 1,131

Word order 7

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content QuestionsInterrogative phrases obligatorily initial264 of 902
Order of Adposition and Noun PhrasePrepositions511 of 1,184
Order of Demonstrative and NounDemonstrative word precedes noun (DemN)542 of 1,225
Order of Object and VerbObject follows verb (VO)705 of 1,518
Order of Genitive and NounGenitive-noun (GenN)685 of 1,249
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and ClauseInitial subordinator word398 of 659
Order of Adjective and NounModifying adjective follows noun (NAdj)879 of 1,367

Simple clauses 4

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Symmetric and Asymmetric Standard NegationSymmetric standard negation only: Type Sym114 of 297
Subtypes of Asymmetric Standard NegationNon-assignable (no asymmetry found)114 of 297
Negative MorphemesNegative particle502 of 1,157
Polar QuestionsQuestion particle585 of 955