Noun-Adj
- Category
- Word Order
- Notes
- Adjective follows 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 | yes | Wilson & Levinsohn 1992: 4 | ||||
| Aché | no info | |||||
| Adnyamathanha | ||||||
| Aghu-Tharnggala | Yes | 49 | 1 | |||
| Aguaruna | yes | Overall 2007:243 | So, the general structure of Aguaruna NP is (Det)N(Adj) | |||
| Alyawarr | yes | 116-7 | 1 | |||
| Andoke | no info | |||||
| Apurinã | n/a | Apurinã does not have adjectives. | Facundes, 2000: 342 | |||
| Arabana | yes | 60 | 1 | |||
| Arrernte | Yes | 78 | 1 | |||
| Asheninka Apurucayali | no | Mihas 2010:143 | ||||
| Añun | no | Patte 1989 | ||||
| Bandjalang | No | 31 | 0 | |||
| Baniwa | yes | Ramirez 2001 | ||||
| Barasano | no | Jones & Jones 1991, p.63 | Barasano is a verb-adjective language, which is to say that there is a single set of roots which may take either regular verbal inflection and serve as predicates, or may take nominalizers/participials/classifiers and serve as modifiers in noun phrases. | |||
| Bardi | no | 0 | ||||
| Bare | yes | Aikhenvald, 1995: 25 | ||||
| Batyala | no info | x | ||||
| Baure | yes | Danielsen 2007:104 | ||||
| Bidjara-Gungabula | yes | 31 | 1 | |||
| Bilinarra | no info | x | ||||
| Biri | yes | 47 | 1 | |||
| Bora | yes | Seifart - 2005:133-134 | ||||
| Bularnu | yes | 85 | 1 | |||
| Bunuba | no | 0 | ||||
| Cabecar | yes | Bourland 1976:55 | ||||
| Cahuilla | no | |||||
| Central Aymara | no | Huayhua Pari 2001: 282 | ||||
| Chemehuevi | ||||||
| Comanche | no | |||||
| Cubeo | yes | Morse & Maxwell 1999, p. 91 | ||||
| Cupeño | yes | |||||
| Damana | yes | |||||
| Darkinyung | yes | 49 | 1 | |||
| Desano | no | Miller 1999, p. 4 | ||||
| Dharawal | no info | x | ||||
| Dharuk | ||||||
| Diyari | yes | 34; 96 | 1 | |||
| Djabugay | ||||||
| Djapu | yes | 83 | 1 | |||
| Djinang | Yes | 197 | 1 | |||
| Duungidjawu | yes | 95-6 | 1 | |||
| Dyirbal | yes | 291 | 1 | |||
| Dâw | yes | Martins does not view these as an adjective class, but there is a class of adjective-like modifiers that follow nouns | Martins 2004 | |||
| Eñepa | yes | Palmegiani 2002:80 | ||||
| Gabrielino | ||||||
| Garrwa | yes | 8 | 1 | |||
| Githabul | No | 33 | 0 | |||
| Gooniyandi | yes | 1 | ||||
| Guaymí | yes | It seems to be the only possible order for noun and adjective | Quesada 2008:54 | |||
| Gugu-Badhun | yes | 99 | 1 | |||
| Gumbaynggirr | yes | 252 | 1 | |||
| Guna | yes | Smith texts | ||||
| Gunya | No info | x | ||||
| Gupapuyngu | ||||||
| Gureng Gureng | no info | x | ||||
| Guugu-Yimidhirr | yes | 103 | 1 | |||
| Hunter River and Lake Macquarie | yes | 67 | 1 | |||
| Hup | yes | Epps 2008 | ||||
| Idaho Shoshone | ||||||
| Ika | yes | Frank 1990:3 | ||||
| Ingá | no | Levinson 1974:19 | ||||
| Jaru | yes | 93 | 1 | |||
| Jingulu | yes | 1 | ||||
| Kaingang | no info | Silva 2011/Goncalves 2011 | ||||
| Kakua | no info | Bolaños fieldnotes | ||||
| Kalkatungu | yes | 108 | 1 | |||
| Karajarri | Yes | 293 | 1 | |||
| Karitiana | yes | Everett 2006:308-12 | ||||
| Katthang | yes | 103 | 1 | |||
| Kaurna | No info | x | ||||
| Kawaiisu | ||||||
| Kinikinau | no | Souza 2008:115-6 | ||||
| Kitanemuk | yes | |||||
| Kogi | yes | Stendal 1976:1 | ||||
| Kokama | no | no adjective in Kokama | Vallejos 2010 | |||
| Kokatha | Yes | 56 | 1 | |||
| Koreguaje | yes | Cook & Criswell 1993, iv | ||||
| Kotiria | no | Stenzel 2004 | ||||
| Kugu-Nganhcara | yes | 389 | 1 | |||
| Kuku Yalanji | yes | 120 | 1 | |||
| Kunjen | yes | 68 | 1 | |||
| Kurrama | no info | x | ||||
| Kuuk Thaayorre | Yes | 77 | 1 | |||
| Luiseño | yes | |||||
| Macaguan | no | Buenaventura - 1993 | ||||
| Maipure | yes | Zamponi 2003:30 | ||||
| Makiritare | yes | Hall 1988: 52 | ||||
| Makuna | yes | 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 | x | ||||
| Martuthunira | n/a | 189 | 0 | |||
| Mathi-Mathi | no | 72-3 | 0 | |||
| Matses | yes | Fleck:759 | ||||
| Mayi-Yapi | yes | 63 | 1 | |||
| Minica Witoto | no | Minor and Minor 1982. p.42 | ||||
| Mpakwithi | ||||||
| Muruwari | yes | 87 | 1 | |||
| Nadëb/Roçado dialect | yes | Weir 1984:118 ex | ||||
| Nanti | no | Michael, 2008. p. 369 | ||||
| Narungga | No | 61 | 0 | |||
| Naso | yes | Quesada 2000 | ||||
| Ngaatjatjara | yes | 29 | 1 | |||
| Ngarinyeri | No | 20 | 0 | |||
| Ngarinyin | ||||||
| Ngayawang | No info | x | ||||
| Ngiyambaa | yes | 225 | 1 | |||
| Nhanta | yes | 1 | ||||
| Nheengatu | no | Cruz 2011 | ||||
| Ninam | yes | only with the adjective 'wai' small | Goodwin-Gomez: 81 | |||
| Northern Emberá | yes | descriptive adjectives follow the noun | Mortensen 1999:10 | Catío | ||
| Northern Paiute | no | |||||
| Nyangumarta | yes | 1 | ||||
| Nyikina | no? | 0 | ||||
| Nyulnyul | no | 0 | ||||
| Nyungar | yes | d44 | 1 | |||
| Paakantyi | yes | 99 | 1 | |||
| Palikur | yes | Green and Green 1972:24 | ||||
| Panyjima | yes | 186 | 1 | |||
| Paraguayan Guaraní | yes | Zarratea 2002:143 | ||||
| Paresi | yes | Brandão 2010:14 | ||||
| Pemon | yes | de Armellada 1999: 58 | ||||
| Piapoco | yes | 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 | Yes | Y 12 | 1 | |||
| Pitta-Pitta | No | 214 | 0 | |||
| Puinave | yes | Giron 2008: p297 | ||||
| Páez | no info | |||||
| Quechua Ayacuchano | no | Parker 1965:33-4 | ||||
| Resígaro | no | Allin, 1976: 223 | ||||
| Ritharrngu | no info | x | ||||
| Sanumá | yes | Borgman 1990: 129 | ||||
| Serrano | yes | |||||
| Shoshone | no | |||||
| Sikuani | no | de Kondo (Vol.2) - 1985:4; Queixalós - 2000:2-26 | ||||
| Siona | no | Wheeler - 1987:117, 133 | ||||
| Southern Paiute | ||||||
| Southern Ute | yes | |||||
| Surui | yes | Van der Meer (?):1 | ||||
| Tanimuca | no | Strom 1992, p.51 | Adjectives may follow the noun, however, and such phrases in isolation may be interpreted as a noun phrase or as a descriptive clause with a predicate adj and an implicit copula. | |||
| Tariana | yes | All adjectives can be used both before and after the head. | Aikhenvald, 2003: 475 | |||
| Thanggati | yes | 81 | 1 | |||
| Tharrkari | Yes | 13 | 1 | |||
| Tikuna | no info | |||||
| Timbisha | no | |||||
| Tukano | yes | West and Welch 2004: 62-63 | ||||
| Uradhi | Yes | 371 | 1 | |||
| Urarina | yes | Olawsky:309-10 | ||||
| Wajarri | Yes | 138 | 1 | |||
| Wakaya | yes | 133 | 1 | |||
| Walmajarri | yes | 1 | ||||
| Wambaya | yes | 1 | ||||
| Wangkumara | no info | X | ||||
| Waorani | no | Orr et all. 1991:21 | Based on examples | |||
| Wapishana | yes | Santos, 2006: 179 | ||||
| Warlpiri | yes | s258 | 1 | |||
| Warluwarra | yes | 877 | 1 | |||
| Warnman | no info | x | ||||
| Warrgamay | Yes | 63 | 1 | |||
| Warrwa | no | 0 | ||||
| Warumungu | yes | 44 | 1 | |||
| Warungu | yes | 347 | 1 | |||
| Wathawurrung | no | 84 | 0 | |||
| Waunana | no info | |||||
| Wayuu | no | Mansen & Captain, 2000: p. 798 | ||||
| Wemba-Wemba | no | H 26 | 0 | |||
| Western Mono | no | |||||
| WesternTorres | yes | FO 130 | 1 | |||
| Wiradjuri | yes | m287 | 1 | |||
| Wirangu | yes | 48 | 1 | |||
| Woiwurrung | yes | 67 | 1 | |||
| Worrorra | yes | ms6.2.3 | 1 | |||
| Yagua | yes | Payne and Payne 1990:349 | ||||
| Yalarnnga | yes | 57 | 1 | |||
| Yan-nhangu | ||||||
| Yandruwandha | yes | 47 | 1 | |||
| Yanesha' | yes | Duff-Tripp 1997:158 | ||||
| Yanomami | n/a | no true adjectives | Ramirez 1994: 202 | |||
| Yanyuwa | yes | 191 | 1 | |||
| Yavitero | yes | The order can be reversed, but noun-adj is the most frequent and normal. | Mosonyi, 1987: p. 58 | |||
| Yawuru | ||||||
| Yidiny | yes | 1 | ||||
| Yindjibarndi | n/a | 0 | ||||
| Yindjilindji | no info | x | ||||
| Yine | yes | SComp and OComp | Matteson 1965:68 | |||
| Yingkarta | no | 0 | ||||
| Yir Yoront | ||||||
| Yorta Yorta | yes | 106 | 1 | |||
| Yugambeh | ||||||
| Yukuna | no | Shauer & Shauer, 1978: p. 28, Shauer and Shauer 2000: p. 518 | ||||
| Yulparija | No | 25 | 0 | |||
| Yuwaalaraay | No | 96 | 0 |
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