Features for Mli Vjacgu

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Phonology

Vowel Quality Inventories WALS Large (7-14)
Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives WALS In both plosives and fricatives
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems WALS None missing in /p t k b d g/
Uvular Consonants WALS None
Glottalized Consonants WALS No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants WALS /l/, no obstruent laterals
The Velar Nasal WALS No velar nasal
Vowel Nasalization WALS Contrast absent
Front Rounded Vowels WALS High and mid
Syllable Structure WALS Complex
Tone WALS No tones
Absence of Common Consonants WALS All present
Presence of Uncommon Consonants WALS 'Th' sounds

Morphology

Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology WALS Equal prefixing and suffixing

Nominal Categories

Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns WALS Person-number stem
Definite Articles WALS Definite affix
Indefinite Articles WALS Indefinite affix
Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Independent Pronouns WALS No inclusive/exclusive
Gender Distinctions in Independent Personal Pronouns WALS 3rd person only, but also non-singular
Person Marking on Adpositions WALS No person marking

Nominal Syntax

Obligatory Possessive Inflection WALS Absent

Verbal Categories

The Past Tense WALS Present, no remoteness distinctions
The Future Tense WALS No inflectional future
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes WALS Tense-aspect suffixes
The Prohibitive WALS Normal imperative + special negative

Word Order

Order of Subject, Object and Verb WALS SVO
Order of Subject and Verb WALS SV
Order of Object and Verb WALS VO
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase WALS Prepositions
Order of Genitive and Noun WALS Genitive-Noun

Simple Clauses

Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns WALS Nominative - accusative (standard)
Expression of Pronominal Subjects WALS Obligatory pronouns in subject position
Negative Morphemes WALS Negative word, unclear if verb or particle
Zero Copula for Predicate Nominals WALS Impossible

Conlang-specific

Conlang type Artlang

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