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Yukulta

Tangkic family · Australia

Yukulta is an SVO language, like 488 of the 1,376 languages WALS codes for basic word order.

On Order of Adverbial Subordinator and Clause, WALS codes Yukulta as “Clause-internal adverbial subordinators”, a value held by 8 of the 659 languages coded, Nunggubuyu and Nkore-Kiga among them.

The closest grammar profile to Yukulta in the atlas belongs to Kannada, a Dravidian language: the two agree on 21 of the 41 features both have coded.

On Expression of Pronominal Subjects, WALS codes Yukulta as “Pronominal subjects are expressed by clitics with variable host”, a value held by 32 of the 711 languages coded, Ngiyambaa and Yagua among them.

Yukulta: order of head and dependent in 6 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.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.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.
The order Yukulta uses in 6 pairings of a head word and its dependent. Bars: how all languages coded for each pairing split, before or after.

Contrast Yukulta with Kannada or with any other language

Uncommon values

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

Closest profiles

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

The rest of the profile

WALS codes Yukulta for 41 of the 144 profile features used on this site. The remaining 35 are listed here, grouped by topic; within each group the value Yukulta shares with the fewest languages comes first.

Word structure 2

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional MorphologyPredominantly suffixing406 of 969
ReduplicationProductive full and partial reduplication278 of 368

Nouns and pronouns 8

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Person Marking on AdpositionsNo adpositions63 of 378
Third Person Pronouns and DemonstrativesRelated for all demonstratives52 of 225
Position of Pronominal Possessive AffixesNo possessive affixes260 of 902
Position of Case AffixesCase suffixes452 of 1,031
Coding of Nominal PluralityPlural suffix513 of 1,066
Numeral ClassifiersNumeral classifiers are absent260 of 400
Comitatives and InstrumentalsDifferentiation213 of 322
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal PronounsNo gender distinctions254 of 378

Verbs: tense, mood, evidence 5

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Position of Tense-Aspect AffixesNo tense-aspect inflection152 of 1,131
The ProhibitiveSpecial imperative + special negative146 of 496
Semantic Distinctions of EvidentialityNo grammatical evidentials181 of 418
Coding of EvidentialityNo grammatical evidentials181 of 418
The Morphological ImperativeSecond singular and second plural292 of 548

Word order 8

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Position of Polar Question ParticlesQuestion particle at beginning of sentence129 of 884
Order of Adjective and NounModifying adjective precedes noun (AdjN)373 of 1,367
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content QuestionsInterrogative phrases obligatorily initial264 of 902
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 Genitive and NounGenitive-noun (GenN)685 of 1,249
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 6

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Negative MorphemesDouble negation119 of 1,157
Antipassive ConstructionsOblique patient30 of 194
Passive ConstructionsThere is a passive construction162 of 373
Verbal Person MarkingPerson marking of both the A and P arguments193 of 378
Reciprocal ConstructionsDistinct from reflexive99 of 175
Polar QuestionsQuestion particle585 of 955

Vocabulary 6

FeatureValueLanguages sharing it
Finger and HandIdentical72 of 593
Hand and ArmDifferent389 of 617
M in Second Person SingularNo m in second person singular152 of 230
M in First Person SingularNo m in first person singular177 of 230
N-M PronounsNo N-M pronouns194 of 230
M-T PronounsNo M-T pronouns200 of 230