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Nung (in Vietnam)

Tai-Kadai family · Kam-Tai branch · Eurasia

Nung (in Vietnam) is an SVO language, like 488 of the 1,376 languages WALS codes for basic word order.

The closest grammar profile to Nung (in Vietnam) in the atlas belongs to Vietnamese, an Austro-Asiatic language: the two agree on 38 of the 43 features both have coded.

Within the Kam-Tai branch, 5 of 6 other languages coded for Glottalized Consonants have the value “No glottalized consonants”; Nung (in Vietnam) has “Implosives only”.

Nung (in Vietnam): order of head and dependent in 9 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 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: Noun-genitive (NGen). 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 follows noun (NDem). 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 follows noun (NRel). Of 824 languages coded, 141 put the relative clause before the noun and 579 after it.adjectivedegree word47%40%Order of Degree Word and Adjective: Degree word follows adjective (AdjDeg). Of 481 languages coded, 227 put the degree word before the adjective and 192 after it.
The order Nung (in Vietnam) uses in 9 pairings of a head word and its dependent. Bars: how all languages coded for each pairing split, before or after.

Contrast Nung (in Vietnam) with Vietnamese or with any other language

Uncommon values

Values that fewer than one in ten of the coded languages share with Nung (in Vietnam), rarest first.

Inside the Tai-Kadai family

Nung (in Vietnam) matches the most frequent Tai-Kadai value on 30 of the 34 features where at least three other members of the family are coded (88%).

Closest profiles

Languages that share the most coded values with Nung (in Vietnam); the count is out of the features both languages are coded for.

The rest of the profile

WALS codes Nung (in Vietnam) for 48 of the 144 profile features used on this site. The remaining 45 are listed here, grouped by topic; within each group the value Nung (in Vietnam) shares with the fewest languages comes first.

Sounds 11

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
ToneComplex tone system88 of 527
Voicing in Plosives and FricativesNo voicing contrast182 of 567
Consonant InventoriesAverage201 of 563
Consonant-Vowel RatioAverage234 of 564
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive SystemsOther242 of 567
Vowel Quality InventoriesAverage vowel inventory (5-6)287 of 564
Lateral Consonants/l/, no obstruent laterals388 of 567
Presence of Uncommon ConsonantsNone449 of 567
Uvular ConsonantsNo uvulars470 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 MorphologyLittle or no inflectional morphology141 of 969

Nouns and pronouns 7

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Coding of Nominal PluralityPlural word170 of 1,066
Position of Pronominal Possessive AffixesNo possessive affixes260 of 902
Definite ArticlesNeither definite nor indefinite article198 of 620
Position of Case AffixesNeither case affixes nor adpositional clitics379 of 1,031
Indefinite ArticlesNeither indefinite nor definite198 of 534
Distance Contrasts in DemonstrativesTwo-way contrast126 of 234
Pronominal and Adnominal DemonstrativesSame forms143 of 201

Verbs: tense, mood, evidence 5

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Position of Tense-Aspect AffixesNo tense-aspect inflection152 of 1,131
The Morphological ImperativeNo second-person imperatives122 of 548
The ProhibitiveNormal imperative + special negative182 of 496
Imperative-Hortative SystemsThe language has neither a maximal nor a minimal system201 of 375
The OptativeInflectional optative absent271 of 319

Word order 13

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Order of Adverbial Subordinator and ClauseMore than one type of adverbial subordinators with none dominant93 of 659
Position of Polar Question ParticlesQuestion particle at end of sentence314 of 884
Order of Genitive and NounNoun-genitive (NGen)468 of 1,249
Order of Degree Word and AdjectiveDegree word follows adjective (AdjDeg)192 of 481
Order of Numeral and NounNumeral precedes noun (NumN)479 of 1,154
Order of Object, Oblique, and VerbVerb-object-oblique (VOX)210 of 500
Order of Adposition and Noun PhrasePrepositions511 of 1,184
Order of Demonstrative and NounDemonstrative word follows noun (NDem)562 of 1,225
Order of Object and VerbObject follows verb (VO)705 of 1,518
Order of Adjective and NounModifying adjective follows noun (NAdj)879 of 1,367
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content QuestionsInterrogative phrases not obligatorily initial615 of 902
Order of Relative Clause and NounRelative clause follows noun (NRel)579 of 824
Order of Subject and VerbSubject precedes verb (SV)1,192 of 1,496

Simple clauses 1

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Polar QuestionsQuestion particle585 of 955

Complex sentences 4

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Purpose ClausesBalanced38 of 170
'When' ClausesBalanced84 of 174
Reason ClausesBalanced90 of 169
Utterance Complement ClausesBalanced114 of 143

Vocabulary 3

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
TeaWords derived from Sinitic cha110 of 230
Hand and ArmDifferent389 of 617
Finger and HandDifferent521 of 593