Polar Questions WALS

In-depth description: Only at WALS
Values:
Conlangs:
Question particle (325 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (93 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (23 languages)
Interrogative word order (28 languages)
Absence of declarative morphemes (2 languages)
Interrogative intonation only (44 languages)
No interrogative-declarative distinction (10 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 distinction32542.230769230769226247.5Question particle93142.78021978021977417.3816568047337Interrogative verb morphology23243.32967032967034468.63905325443784Mixture of previous two types28343.8791208791208464.9778106508876Interrogative word order2444.4285714285714484.01627218934914Absence of declarative morphemes44544.978021978022453.26183431952666Interrogative intonation only10645.5274725274726478.15828402366867No interrogative-declarative distinction8086.47252747252747426.9008875739645Question particle16187.02197802197801473.7647928994083Interrogative verb morphology2287.57142857142856484.01627218934914Mixture of previous two types3388.12087912087907483.28402366863907Interrogative word order0488.67032967032964485.4807692307692Absence of declarative morphemes17589.2197802197802473.0325443786982Interrogative intonation only1689.7692307692308484.7485207100592No interrogative-declarative distinctionConlangNatlang