Polar Questions WALS

In-depth description: Only at WALS
Values:
Conlangs:
Question particle (342 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (94 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (24 languages)
Interrogative word order (31 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 distinction34242.230769230769226247.49999999999997Question particle94142.78021978021977420.07085020242914Interrogative verb morphology24243.32967032967034468.78036437246965Mixture of previous two types31343.8791208791208463.90941295546554Interrogative word order2444.4285714285714484.0890688259109Absence of declarative morphemes45544.978021978022454.16751012145744Interrogative intonation only12645.5274725274726477.13056680161947No interrogative-declarative distinction8086.47252747252747429.81275303643724Question particle16187.02197802197801474.34716599190284Interrogative verb morphology2287.57142857142856484.0890688259109Mixture of previous two types3388.12087912087907483.39321862348174Interrogative word order0488.67032967032964485.4807692307692Absence of declarative morphemes17589.2197802197802473.65131578947364Interrogative intonation only1689.7692307692308484.7849190283401No interrogative-declarative distinctionConlangNatlang