Dem-Noun
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- Word Order
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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: 44 | ||||
| Aché | no info | |||||
| Adnyamathanha | ||||||
| Aghu-Tharnggala | No info | 67 | x | |||
| Aguaruna | yes | Overall 2007:243 | ||||
| Alyawarr | no? | 112-3 | 0 | |||
| Andoke | yes | Landaburu 1979: 135 | ||||
| Apurinã | yes | All examples are Dem N, although Facundes does not discuss it explicitly. | Facundes, 2000: 355-359 | |||
| Arabana | yes | 124: cf sentence 275 | 1 | |||
| Arrernte | No | 76 | 0 | |||
| Asheninka Apurucayali | yes | Payne 1983:130140 | ||||
| Añun | no | Patte 1989 | ||||
| Bandjalang | yes | 31 | 1 | |||
| Baniwa | yes | Ramirez 2001 | ||||
| Barasano | yes | Jones & Jones 1991, p.32 | ||||
| Bardi | yes | 1 | ||||
| Bare | yes | Aikhenvald, 1995: 24 | ||||
| Batyala | no info | x | ||||
| Baure | yes | "The position of a determiner is always NP initial." | Danielsen 2007: p310 | |||
| Bidjara-Gungabula | no | 0 | ||||
| Bilinarra | yes | 7.3.5 | 1 | |||
| Biri | yes | 47 | 1 | |||
| Bora | no | Seifart - 2005:57 | ||||
| Bularnu | yes | 108 | 1 | |||
| Bunuba | yes | 1 | ||||
| Cabecar | yes | Bourland 1976:53-54 | ||||
| Cahuilla | yes | |||||
| Central Aymara | yes | Huayhua Pari 2001: 282 | ||||
| Chemehuevi | ||||||
| Comanche | yes | |||||
| Cubeo | yes | almost always, demonstrative pronouns preced head noun | Morse & Maxwell 1999, p.92 | |||
| Cupeño | yes | |||||
| Damana | yes | demonstratives are replaced by designatives; unsure as to the extent of this system, will continue to examine data | ||||
| Darkinyung | maybe | 25 | 1 | |||
| Desano | yes | Miller 1999, p. 5 | ||||
| Dharawal | no info | x | ||||
| Dharuk | ||||||
| Diyari | yes | 1 | ||||
| Djabugay | ||||||
| Djapu | yes | 84 | 1 | |||
| Djinang | Yes | 197 | 1 | |||
| Duungidjawu | yes | 57-8 | 1 | |||
| Dyirbal | yes | 291 | 1 | |||
| Dâw | yes | Martins 2004 | ||||
| Eñepa | no info | Payne 2012 | ||||
| Gabrielino | yes | |||||
| Garrwa | yes | 95 | 1 | |||
| Githabul | yes | 33 | 1 | |||
| Gooniyandi | yes | 1 | ||||
| Guaymí | no | Quesada 2008:147 | ||||
| Gugu-Badhun | yes | 129033 | 1 | |||
| Gumbaynggirr | yes | 274 | 1 | |||
| Guna | yes | Smith texts | ||||
| Gunya | No info | x | ||||
| Gupapuyngu | ||||||
| Gureng Gureng | no info | x | ||||
| Guugu-Yimidhirr | No | 103 | 0 | |||
| Hunter River and Lake Macquarie | yes | 35 | 1 | |||
| Hup | yes | Epps 2008 | ||||
| Idaho Shoshone | yes | |||||
| Ika | yes | Frank 1985:44 | ||||
| Ingá | yes | Levinson 1974:19 | ||||
| Jaru | yes | 93 | 1 | |||
| Jingulu | yes | 1 | ||||
| Kakua | yes | Bolaños fieldnotes | ||||
| Kalkatungu | yes | 108 | 1 | |||
| Karajarri | Yes | 293 | 1 | |||
| Karitiana | no | However, when the "article" /aka/ occurs in the sentence, the demonstrative occurs before the noun | Everett 2006:314 | |||
| Katthang | yes | 104 | 1 | |||
| Kaurna | No info | x | ||||
| Kawaiisu | ||||||
| Kinikinau | no | Demonstratives do not exist in the language | Souza 2008:117 | |||
| Kitanemuk | yes | |||||
| Kogi | no info | |||||
| Kokatha | No | 60 | 0 | |||
| Koreguaje | yes | Cook & Criswell 1993, p.41 | ||||
| Kotiria | yes | Stenzel 2004, p. 183 | ||||
| Kugu-Nganhcara | No | 389 | 0 | |||
| Kuku Yalanji | yes | 54, 120 | 1 | |||
| Kunjen | No | 101 | 0 | |||
| Kurrama | yes | 82-87 | 1 | |||
| Kuuk Thaayorre | No | 77 | 0 | |||
| Luiseño | yes | |||||
| Macaguan | no info | Buenaventura - 1993 | ||||
| Maipure | no info | author claims that demonstratives are obscure. | Zamponi 2003:22 | |||
| Makiritare | yes | Hall 1988: 50 | ||||
| Makuna | yes | Smothermon & Smothermon 1993, p.35-36, 40 | ||||
| Makushi | yes | Carson 1982: 113 | ||||
| Mapudungun | yes | Salas 1992, p. 97 | ||||
| Marrgany | No info | x | ||||
| Martuthunira | yes | 113-114, appendix 1 | 1 | |||
| Mathi-Mathi | yes | 72 | 1 | |||
| Matses | yes | Fleck:261 | ||||
| Mayi-Yapi | yes | 63 | 1 | |||
| Minica Witoto | yes | Minor and Minor 1982. p.94 | ||||
| Mpakwithi | ||||||
| Muruwari | yes | cf 238, line 11; 262, line 20 | 1 | |||
| Nadëb/Roçado dialect | no | Weir 1984 | ||||
| Nanti | yes | Nanti noun phrases are “right-headed.” | Michael, 2008. p. 369 | |||
| Narungga | Yes | 90 | 1 | |||
| Naso | yes | demonstrative can be prenominal and postnominal | Quesada 2000 | |||
| Ngaatjatjara | No | 29 | 0 | |||
| Ngarinyeri | No info | x | ||||
| Ngarinyin | ||||||
| Ngayawang | No info | x | ||||
| Ngiyambaa | yes | 139 | 1 | |||
| Nhanta | yes | 1 | ||||
| Ninam | yes | Goodwin-Gomez: 56-58 | ||||
| Northern Paiute | yes | |||||
| Nyangumarta | yes | 1 | ||||
| Nyikina | yes | 1 | ||||
| Nyulnyul | yes | 1 | ||||
| Nyungar | no info | x | ||||
| Paakantyi | yes | 100 | 1 | |||
| Palikur | yes | Green and Green 1972:3 | ||||
| Panyjima | yes | 186 | 1 | |||
| Paraguayan Guaraní | no | Krivoshein and Acosta 2001:65 | ||||
| Paresi | yes | Brandão 2010:14 | ||||
| Pemon | yes | de Armellada 1999: 62 | ||||
| Piapoco | yes | Galindo, 2002: 328 | ||||
| Pintupi | no info | x | ||||
| Pitjantjatjara | Yes | G 108 | 1 | |||
| Pitta-Pitta | yes | 214 | 1 | |||
| Puinave | yes | Giron 2008: p174 | ||||
| Páez | yes | Jung:139 | ||||
| Quechua Ayacuchano | yes | Parker 1965:36 | ||||
| Resígaro | yes | Allin, 1976: 223 | ||||
| Ritharrngu | Yes | 140 | 1 | |||
| Sanumá | yes | Borgman 1990: 129 | ||||
| Serrano | yes | |||||
| Shoshone | yes | |||||
| Sikuani | yes | de Kondo (Vol.2) - 1985:4; Queixalós - 2000:2-26 | ||||
| Siona | yes | Wheeler - 1987:133 | ||||
| Southern Paiute | yes | |||||
| Southern Ute | yes | |||||
| Surui | no info | |||||
| Tanimuca | yes | As modifiers they precede the head in a noun phrase but like adjectives, they follow the head noun when used as a predicate. | Strom 1992, p.52 | |||
| Tariana | yes | Demonstratives always precede the NP head. | Aikhenvald, 2003: 475 | |||
| Thanggati | yes | 81 | 1 | |||
| Tharrkari | Yes | 13 | 1 | |||
| Tikuna | yes | Montes 2004:73 | ||||
| Timbisha | ||||||
| Tukano | yes | West and Welch 2004: 99 | ||||
| Uradhi | Yes | 371 | 1 | |||
| Urarina | yes | Olawsky:299 | ||||
| Wajarri | No | 138 | 0 | |||
| Wakaya | no | 97 | 0 | |||
| Walmajarri | yes | 1 | ||||
| Wambaya | yes | 1 | ||||
| Wangkumara | no info | X | ||||
| Waorani | yes | Orr et all. 1991:21 | ||||
| Wapishana | yes | Santos, 2006: 188 | ||||
| Warlpiri | no info | 0 | ||||
| Warluwarra | yes | 876 | 1 | |||
| Warnman | Yes | 41 | 1 | |||
| Warrgamay | Yes | 63 | 1 | |||
| Warrwa | yes | 1 | ||||
| Warumungu | yes | 44, 45 | 1 | |||
| Warungu | yes | 347 | 1 | |||
| Wathawurrung | yes | 79 | 1 | |||
| Waunana | no info | |||||
| Wayuu | yes | Mansen & Captain, 2000: p. 799 | ||||
| Wemba-Wemba | yes | H 38 | 1 | |||
| Western Mono | yes | |||||
| WesternTorres | yes | FO 130 | 1 | |||
| Wiradjuri | no info | x | ||||
| Wirangu | yes | 89-90 | 1 | |||
| Woiwurrung | no info | x | ||||
| Worrorra | yes | ms7.3.3 | 1 | |||
| Yalarnnga | yes | 57 | 1 | |||
| Yan-nhangu | ||||||
| Yandruwandha | yes | 60 | 1 | |||
| Yanesha' | yes | Duff-Tripp 1997:158 | ||||
| Yanomami | yes | demonstratives can sometimes follow noun, but this is less common | Ramirez 1994: 210 | |||
| Yanyuwa | yes | 15 | 1 | |||
| Yavitero | yes | Examples are all Dem-Noun, although this doesn’t seem to be made explicit. | Mosonyi, 1987: p. 50 | |||
| Yawuru | ||||||
| Yidiny | yes | 1 | ||||
| Yindjibarndi | yes | cf text 6, p203 | 1 | |||
| Yindjilindji | yes | 502 | 1 | |||
| Yine | yes | Matteson 1965 | ||||
| Yingkarta | yes | 1 | ||||
| Yir Yoront | ||||||
| Yorta Yorta | no info | 106 | x | |||
| Yugambeh | ||||||
| Yukuna | yes | Shauer & Shauer, 1978: p. 28 | ||||
| Yulparija | Yes | 31 | 1 | |||
| Yuwaalaraay | Yes | 91 | 1 |
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