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ValuesConlangsNatlangs
Question particle 347 80
Interrogative verb morphology 95 16
Mixture of previous two types 25 2
Interrogative word order 31 3
Absence of declarative morphemes 2 0
Interrogative intonation only 45 17
No interrogative-declarative distinction 12 1
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 distinction34742.230769230769226247.5Question particle95142.78021978021977420.32753269784973Interrogative verb morphology25243.32967032967034468.33518066947465Mixture of previous two types31343.8791208791208464.2202394147639Interrogative word order2444.4285714285714484.1091221458656Absence of declarative morphemes45544.978021978022454.6187098204389Interrogative intonation only12645.5274725274726477.2508867213478No interrogative-declarative distinction8086.47252747252747430.6148858346265Question particle16187.02197802197801474.5075925515407Interrogative verb morphology2287.57142857142856484.1091221458656Mixture of previous two types3388.12087912087907483.42329860341385Interrogative word order0488.67032967032964485.4807692307692Absence of declarative morphemes17589.2197802197802473.8217690090889Interrogative intonation only1689.7692307692308484.79494568831745No interrogative-declarative distinctionConlangNatlang