Polar Questions WALS

In-depth description: Only at WALS
Values:
Conlangs:
Question particle (333 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 (44 languages)
No interrogative-declarative distinction (11 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 distinction33342.230769230769226247.50000000000003Question particle93142.78021978021977419.0176715176715Interrogative verb morphology24243.32967032967034468.32900207900207Mixture of previous two types29343.8791208791208464.7557172557173Interrogative word order2444.4285714285714484.0514553014553Absence of declarative morphemes44544.978021978022454.03586278586283Interrogative intonation only11645.5274725274726477.6195426195426No interrogative-declarative distinction8086.47252747252747428.30821205821206Question particle16187.02197802197801474.0462577962578Interrogative verb morphology2287.57142857142856484.0514553014553Mixture of previous two types3388.12087912087907483.3367983367983Interrogative word order0488.67032967032964485.4807692307692Absence of declarative morphemes17589.2197802197802473.33160083160084Interrogative intonation only1689.7692307692308484.76611226611226No interrogative-declarative distinctionConlangNatlang