Polar Questions WALS

In-depth description: Only at WALS
Values:
Conlangs:
Question particle (336 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (93 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (24 languages)
Interrogative word order (29 languages)
Absence of declarative morphemes (2 languages)
Interrogative intonation only (45 languages)
No interrogative-declarative distinction (12 languages)
Natlangs:
Question particle (80 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (16 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (2 languages)
Interrogative word order (3 languages)
Absence of declarative morphemes (0 languages)
Interrogative intonation only (17 languages)
No interrogative-declarative distinction (1 language)
Pygal0040408080120120160160200200240240280280320320Question part…Question particleInterrogative…Interrogative verb morphologyMixture of pr…Mixture of previous two typesInterrogative…Interrogative word orderAbsence of de…Absence of declarative morphemesInterrogative…Interrogative intonation onlyNo interrogat…No interrogative-declarative distinction33642.230769230769226247.5Question particle93142.78021978021977419.611092032967Interrogative verb morphology24243.32967032967034468.4821428571429Mixture of previous two types29343.8791208791208464.9407623626374Interrogative word order2444.4285714285714484.064217032967Absence of declarative morphemes45544.978021978022453.6083447802198Interrogative intonation only12645.5274725274726476.9814560439561No interrogative-declarative distinction8086.47252747252747428.81868131868134Question particle16187.02197802197801474.14835164835165Interrogative verb morphology2287.57142857142856484.064217032967Mixture of previous two types3388.12087912087907483.3559409340659Interrogative word order0488.67032967032964485.4807692307692Absence of declarative morphemes17589.2197802197802473.4400755494505Interrogative intonation only1689.7692307692308484.77249313186815No interrogative-declarative distinctionConlangNatlang