Adj-Noun
- Category
- Word Order
- Notes
- Adjective precedes the noun
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Languages
| Language | Feature Status | Grammatical Notes | Source | Etymology Notes | General Notes | Phylogenetic Code |
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Language | Feature Status | Grammatical Notes | Source | Etymology Notes | General Notes | Phylogenetic Code |
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| Achagua | no | Wilson & Levinsohn 1992: 4 | ||||
| Aché | no info | |||||
| Adnyamathanha | ||||||
| Aghu-Tharnggala | No | 49 | 0 | |||
| Aguaruna | no | Overall 2007:243 | ||||
| Alyawarr | no | 116-7 | 0 | |||
| Andoke | no info | |||||
| Apurinã | n/a | Apurinã does not have adjectives. | Facundes, 2000: 342 | |||
| Arabana | no | 60 | 0 | |||
| Arrernte | No | 78 | 0 | |||
| Asheninka Apurucayali | yes | Mihas 2010:143 | ||||
| Añun | yes | Patte 1989:60 | ||||
| Bandjalang | yes | 31 | 1 | |||
| Baniwa | no | Ramirez 2001 | ||||
| Barasano | yes | The descriptive modifier generally precedes the head noun in the noun phrase. | Jones & Jones 1991, p.4 | |||
| Bardi | yes | 1 | ||||
| Bare | no | Aikhenvald, 1995: 25 | ||||
| Batyala | no info | x | ||||
| Baure | yes | Danielsen 2007:105 | ||||
| Bidjara-Gungabula | no | 31 | 0 | |||
| Bilinarra | no info | x | ||||
| Biri | yes | 47 | 1 | |||
| Bora | no | Seifart - 2005:133-134 | ||||
| Bularnu | yes | 108 | 1 | |||
| Bunuba | yes | 1 | ||||
| Cabecar | no info | |||||
| Cahuilla | yes | |||||
| Central Aymara | yes | Huayhua Pari 2001: 282 | ||||
| Chemehuevi | ||||||
| Comanche | yes | |||||
| Cubeo | yes | Chacón 2012:305 | ||||
| Cupeño | no | |||||
| Damana | no | |||||
| Darkinyung | yes | 49 | 1 | |||
| Desano | yes | Miller 1999, p. 4 | ||||
| Dharawal | yes | 63 | 1 | |||
| Dharuk | ||||||
| Diyari | no | 0 | ||||
| Djabugay | ||||||
| Djapu | yes | 156 | 1 | |||
| Djinang | Yes | 197 | 1 | |||
| Duungidjawu | yes | 95-6 | 1 | |||
| Dyirbal | No | 291 | 0 | |||
| Dâw | no | Martins 2004 | ||||
| Eñepa | yes | Palmegiani 2002:80 | ||||
| Gabrielino | ||||||
| Garrwa | no info | X | ||||
| Githabul | yes | 33 | 1 | |||
| Gooniyandi | yes | 1 | ||||
| Guaymí | no | Quesada 2008:54 | ||||
| Gugu-Badhun | no | 99 | 0 | |||
| Gumbaynggirr | no | 252 | 0 | |||
| Guna | no | Smith texts | ||||
| Gunya | No info | 335 | x | |||
| Gupapuyngu | ||||||
| Gureng Gureng | no info | x | ||||
| Guugu-Yimidhirr | No | 103 | 0 | |||
| Hunter River and Lake Macquarie | yes | 67 | 1 | |||
| Hup | no | Epps 2008 | ||||
| Idaho Shoshone | ||||||
| Ika | no | Frank 1990:3 | ||||
| Ingá | yes | Levinson 1978:23 | ||||
| Jaru | no | 93 | 0 | |||
| Jingulu | yes | 1 | ||||
| Kaingang | no info | Silva 2011/Goncalves 2011 | ||||
| Kakua | no info | Bolaños fieldnotes | ||||
| Kalkatungu | no | 108 | 0 | |||
| Karajarri | No | 293 | 0 | |||
| Karitiana | no | Everett 2006:308-12 | ||||
| Katthang | no | 103 | 0 | |||
| Kaurna | No info | x | ||||
| Kawaiisu | ||||||
| Kinikinau | yes | Couto 2005:48, Souza 2008:115-6 | ||||
| Kitanemuk | no | |||||
| Kogi | no info | |||||
| Kokama | no | no adjective in Kokama | Vallejos 2010 | |||
| Kokatha | No | 56 | 0 | |||
| Koreguaje | no | Cook & Criswell 1993, iv | ||||
| Kotiria | no | no adj class, but property concepts do tend to precede nouns | Stenzel 2004 | |||
| Kugu-Nganhcara | No | 389 | 0 | |||
| Kuku Yalanji | no | 120 | 0 | |||
| Kunjen | No | 68 | 0 | |||
| Kurrama | no info | x | ||||
| Kuuk Thaayorre | No | 77 | 0 | |||
| Luiseño | no | |||||
| Macaguan | yes | Buenaventura - 1993 | ||||
| Maipure | no | Zamponi 2003:30 | ||||
| Makiritare | no | Hall 1988: 52 | ||||
| Makuna | no | Smothermon & Smothermon 1993, p.37-42 | ||||
| Makushi | no | "There are no adjectives. Only nouns occur to modify nouns in noun phrases" | Abbott 1991: 129 | |||
| Mapudungun | no info | |||||
| Marrgany | No info | 335 | x | |||
| Martuthunira | n/a | 189 | 0 | |||
| Mathi-Mathi | yes | 72-3 | 1 | |||
| Matses | no | Fleck:759 | ||||
| Mayi-Yapi | yes | 63 | 1 | |||
| Minica Witoto | yes | Minor and Minor 1982. p.42 | ||||
| Mpakwithi | ||||||
| Muruwari | yes | 87, 205 | 1 | |||
| Nadëb/Roçado dialect | no | Weir 1984:118 ex | ||||
| Nanti | yes | Nanti noun phrases are “right-headed.” | Michael, 2008. p. 369 | |||
| Narungga | Yes | 61 | 1 | |||
| Naso | no | Quesada 2000 | ||||
| Ngaatjatjara | No | 29 | 0 | |||
| Ngarinyeri | yes | 20 | 1 | |||
| Ngarinyin | ||||||
| Ngayawang | No info | x | ||||
| Ngiyambaa | yes | 234 | 1 | |||
| Nhanta | yes | 1 | ||||
| Nheengatu | no | Cruz 2011 | ||||
| Ninam | yes | only with the adjective 'pata' big | Goodwin-Gomez: 75 | |||
| Northern Emberá | yes | Mortensen 1999:10 | Catío | |||
| Northern Paiute | yes | |||||
| Nyangumarta | yes | 1 | ||||
| Nyikina | yes | 1 | ||||
| Nyulnyul | yes | 1 | ||||
| Nyungar | no? | d44 | 0 | |||
| Paakantyi | yes | 98-99 | 1 | |||
| Palikur | yes | Green and Green 1972:24 | ||||
| Panyjima | yes | 186 | 1 | |||
| Paraguayan Guaraní | no | Zarratea 2002:143 | ||||
| Paresi | no info | Rowan 1978, Rowan and Burgess 1979, Brandão 2010 | ||||
| Pemon | no | de Armellada 1999: 58 | ||||
| Piapoco | no | Adjectives follow the noun unless the noun is topicalized or the adjective is acting on a complex noun phrase. | Galindo, 2002: 328-329 | |||
| Pintupi | no info | x | ||||
| Pitjantjatjara | No | Y 12 | 0 | |||
| Pitta-Pitta | yes | 214 | 1 | |||
| Puinave | yes | Giron 2008: p296 | ||||
| Páez | no info | |||||
| Quechua Ayacuchano | yes | Parker 1965:33-4 | ||||
| Resígaro | yes | Allin, 1976: 223 | ||||
| Ritharrngu | no info | x | ||||
| Sanumá | no | Borgman 1990: 129 | ||||
| Serrano | no | |||||
| Shoshone | yes | |||||
| Sikuani | yes | Adjectives have their own class, but function most often as prenominal affixes (especially with animate/intimate nouns). | de Kondo (Vol.2) - 1985:4; Queixalós - 2000:2-26 | |||
| Siona | yes | Wheeler - 1987:117, 133 | ||||
| Southern Paiute | ||||||
| Southern Ute | no | |||||
| Surui | no | Van der Meer (?):1 | ||||
| Tanimuca | yes | The adjective generally precedes the head in Retuarã. | Strom 1992, p.51 | |||
| Tariana | yes | All adjectives can be used both before and after the head. | Aikhenvald, 2003: 475 | |||
| Thanggati | no | 81 | 0 | |||
| Tharrkari | Yes | 13 | 1 | |||
| Tikuna | no info | |||||
| Timbisha | yes | |||||
| Tukano | no | West and Welch 2004: 62-63 | ||||
| Uradhi | No | 371 | 0 | |||
| Urarina | no | Olawsky:309-10 | ||||
| Wajarri | No | 138 | 0 | |||
| Wakaya | yes | 125 | 1 | |||
| Walmajarri | yes | 1 | ||||
| Wambaya | yes | 1 | ||||
| Wangkumara | no info | X | ||||
| Waorani | yes | Orr et all. 1991:21 | ||||
| Wapishana | yes | Santos, 2006: 179 | ||||
| Warlpiri | yes | s264-5 | 1 | |||
| Warluwarra | yes | 877 | 1 | |||
| Warnman | Yes | 32 | 1 | |||
| Warrgamay | Yes | 63 | 1 | |||
| Warrwa | yes | 1 | ||||
| Warumungu | yes | 44 | 1 | |||
| Warungu | yes | 347 | 1 | |||
| Wathawurrung | yes | 84 | 1 | |||
| Waunana | no info | |||||
| Wayuu | yes | Mansen & Captain, 2000: p. 798 | ||||
| Wemba-Wemba | yes | H 26 | 1 | |||
| Western Mono | yes | |||||
| WesternTorres | yes | FO 125 | 1 | |||
| Wiradjuri | no info | x | ||||
| Wirangu | No | 48 | 0 | |||
| Woiwurrung | no | 67 | 0 | |||
| Worrorra | no info | X | ||||
| Yagua | no | Payne and Payne 1990:349 | ||||
| Yalarnnga | yes | 57 | 1 | |||
| Yan-nhangu | ||||||
| Yandruwandha | no | 47 | 0 | |||
| Yanesha' | yes | Duff-Tripp 1997:158 | ||||
| Yanomami | n/a | no true adjectives | Ramirez 1994: 202 | |||
| Yanyuwa | no | 0 | ||||
| Yavitero | no | Mosonyi, 1987: p. 58 | ||||
| Yawuru | ||||||
| Yidiny | no | 0 | ||||
| Yindjibarndi | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Yindjilindji | no info | x | ||||
| Yine | no | Matteson 1965 | ||||
| Yingkarta | yes | 1 | ||||
| Yir Yoront | ||||||
| Yorta Yorta | yes | 106 | 1 | |||
| Yugambeh | ||||||
| Yukuna | yes | Shauer & Shauer, 1978: p. 28, Shauer and Shauer 2000: p. 518 | ||||
| Yulparija | Yes | 25 | 1 | |||
| Yuwaalaraay | Yes | 96 | 1 |
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