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Mangghuer

Altaic family · Mongolic branch · Eurasia

Mangghuer is an SOV language, like 564 of the 1,376 languages WALS codes for basic word order.

The closest grammar profile to Mangghuer in the atlas belongs to Japanese, a language WALS places in a family of its own: the two agree on 31 of the 42 features both have coded.

Of the 15 Altaic languages profiled here, Mangghuer departs most often from the family’s usual values.

On Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes, all 26 other Altaic languages coded have the value “Possessive suffixes”; Mangghuer has “No possessive affixes”.

Mangghuer: order of head and dependent in 8 constructions← beforeafter →verbsubject80%13%Order of Subject and Verb: Subject precedes verb (SV). 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 precedes verb (OV). 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: Postpositions. 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 precedes noun (AdjN). 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.nounnumeral42%53%Order of Numeral and Noun: Numeral precedes noun (NumN). Of 1,154 languages coded, 479 put the numeral before the noun and 608 after it.nounrelative clause17%70%Order of Relative Clause and Noun: Relative clause precedes noun (RelN). Of 824 languages coded, 141 put the relative clause before the noun and 579 after it.
The order Mangghuer uses in 8 pairings of a head word and its dependent. Bars: how all languages coded for each pairing split, before or after.

Contrast Mangghuer with Japanese or with any other language

Uncommon values

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

Inside the Altaic family

Mangghuer matches the most frequent Altaic value on 25 of the 41 features where at least three other members of the family are coded (61%).

Closest profiles

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

The rest of the profile

WALS codes Mangghuer for 42 of the 144 profile features used on this site. The remaining 35 are listed here, grouped by topic; within each group the value Mangghuer shares with the fewest languages comes first.

Sounds 13

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Consonant-Vowel RatioModerately high102 of 564
The Velar NasalVelar nasal, but not initially87 of 469
Voicing in Plosives and FricativesVoicing contrast in both plosives and fricatives158 of 567
Consonant InventoriesAverage201 of 563
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems/p t k b d g/255 of 567
Vowel Quality InventoriesAverage vowel inventory (5-6)287 of 564
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
Absence of Common ConsonantsAll present503 of 567
Front Rounded VowelsNone525 of 562

Word structure 1

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional MorphologyPredominantly suffixing406 of 969

Nouns and pronouns 4

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Position of Case AffixesPostpositional clitics123 of 1,031
Occurrence of Nominal PluralityPlural in all nouns, always optional55 of 291
Indefinite ArticlesIndefinite word distinct from numeral for 'one'102 of 534
Comitatives and InstrumentalsDifferentiation213 of 322

Noun phrases 1

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Nominal and Verbal ConjunctionNominal and verbal conjunction are different125 of 301

Verbs: tense, mood, evidence 1

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

Word order 10

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and ClauseFinal subordinator word96 of 659
Order of Relative Clause and NounRelative clause precedes noun (RelN)141 of 824
Order of Adjective and NounModifying adjective precedes noun (AdjN)373 of 1,367
Position of Polar Question ParticlesNo question particle355 of 884
Order of Numeral and NounNumeral precedes noun (NumN)479 of 1,154
Order of Demonstrative and NounDemonstrative word precedes noun (DemN)542 of 1,225
Order of Object and VerbObject precedes verb (OV)712 of 1,518
Order of Adposition and Noun PhrasePostpositions577 of 1,184
Order of Genitive and NounGenitive-noun (GenN)685 of 1,249
Order of Subject and VerbSubject precedes verb (SV)1,192 of 1,496

Simple clauses 3

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Polar QuestionsInterrogative verb morphology164 of 955
Negative MorphemesNegative particle502 of 1,157
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'Indirect-object construction189 of 378

Vocabulary 2

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Hand and ArmIdentity: a single word denotes both 'hand' and 'arm'228 of 617
Finger and HandDifferent521 of 593