hasLinguisticFeature
P7162
predicate
Indicates that an entity possesses a particular linguistic property, trait, or characteristic.
Aliases (33)
- hasGrammarFeature ×34
- lexicalFeature ×34
- hasMorphosyntacticFeature ×10
- hasPhonemicFeature ×10
- hasLinguisticType ×8
- textualFeature ×6
- grammarFeature ×5
- hasSpellingCharacteristic ×5
- morphologyFeature ×5
- syntacticFeature ×5
- hasPronunciationFeature ×4
- hasDialectalFeature ×3
- hasLinguisticChange ×3
- hasLinguisticPhenomenon ×3
- hasNominalFeature ×3
- hasSociolinguisticProperty ×3
- hasVocabularyFeature ×3
- haveTypologicalFeature ×3
- hasLinguisticProperty ×2
- hasMorphosyntacticAlignment ×2
- hasPragmaticFeature ×2
- havePhonologicalFeature ×2
- hasLanguageFeature ×1
- hasLexicalFeatures ×1
- hasMorphologicalTrait ×1
- hasMorphologyFeature ×1
- hasOwnMorphology ×1
- hasPhonologicalFeatures ×1
- hasProsodicFeature ×1
- hasSociolinguisticRange ×1
- haveMorphologicalFeature ×1
- lexiconFeature ×1
- shareGrammaticalFeatures ×1
Sample triples (424)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Abkhaz language | ergative alignment ("syntacticFeature") → |
| Abkhaz language | head-final tendencies ("syntacticFeature") → |
| Ahirani | distinct from standard Marathi ("hasPhonologicalFeatures") → |
| Ahirani | distinct from standard Marathi ("hasLexicalFeatures") → |
| Aivilimmiutut | ergative–absolutive alignment → |
| Aivilimmiutut | polysynthetic morphology → |
| Aivilimmiutut | rich verbal inflection → |
| Aivilimmiutut | suffixing morphology → |
| Alexandrian text-type | less conflated readings ("textualFeature") → |
| Alexandrian text-type | less harmonization between parallel Gospel accounts ("textualFeature") → |
| Alexandrian text-type | omission of later liturgical additions ("textualFeature") → |
| Alexandrian text-type | shorter endings in some passages ("textualFeature") → |
| Alutiiq | case marking on nouns → |
| Alutiiq | derivational suffixes → |
| Alutiiq | rich verbal morphology → |
| Anglo-Frisian dialects | Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law → |
| Anglo-Frisian dialects | distinct development of Proto-Germanic *ai and *au → |
| Anglo-Frisian dialects | fronting of /a/ to /æ/ in many environments → |
| Anglo-Frisian dialects | i-mutation → |
| Anglo-Frisian dialects | loss of Proto-Germanic *h in certain positions → |
| Anglo-Frisian dialects | palatalization of velar consonants before front vowels → |
| Anglo-Frisian dialects | reduction of inflectional morphology compared to other West Germanic → |
| Anglo-Norman | loanwords from Old English → |
| Anglo-Norman | phonological traits of Norman dialects → |
| Anglo-Norman | strong French–English code-switching in documents → |
| Australian English | frequent use of diminutives ending in -ie or -o ("hasMorphologyFeature") → |
| Australian English | informal omission of subject pronouns in some spoken contexts ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Australian English | use of collective nouns with either singular or plural verb agreement ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Australian English | use of tag questions like eh and ay in some regions ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Bajan Creole | tense-aspect expressed by particles rather than inflection ("hasMorphosyntacticFeature") → |
| Bajan Creole | use of invariant verb forms ("hasMorphosyntacticFeature") → |
| Balkan Latin | Balkan Sprachbund influence → |
| Balkan Latin | development toward postposed definite articles (in descendants) → |
| Balkan Latin | innovations shared by Eastern Romance languages → |
| Balkan Latin | reduction of Latin case system → |
| Bambara | agglutinative morphology → |
| Bambara | subject–object–verb word order → |
| Bambara | tonal language → |
| Bambara | two-tone system → |
| Bangalore English | frequent mixing of English and Kannada discourse markers ("hasPragmaticFeature") → |
| Bangalore English | structures influenced by Kannada syntax ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Bangalore English | use of English for formal content with Kannada for emphasis or emotion ("hasPragmaticFeature") → |
| Bantu languages | agglutinative morphology → |
| Bantu languages | concord between nouns and modifiers → |
| Bantu languages | derivational verb extensions → |
| Bantu languages | extensive agreement morphology → |
| Bantu languages | extensive mutual lexical borrowing among neighboring languages → |
| Bantu languages | noun class system → |
| Bantu languages | prefixal noun classes → |
| Bantu languages | rich verbal morphology → |
| Bantu languages | subject–verb–object basic word order in many languages → |
| Bantu languages | tone in many member languages → |
| Bay Islands English | features typical of Caribbean English creoles ("hasMorphosyntacticFeature") → |
| Belgian French | Belgianisms ("hasVocabularyFeature") → |
| Belgian French | loanwords from Dutch ("hasVocabularyFeature") → |
| Belgian French | regional terms not used in France ("hasVocabularyFeature") → |
| Bolivian Spanish | influence of indigenous language word order in some speakers ("hasMorphosyntacticFeature") → |
| Bolivian Spanish | use of diminutives with high frequency ("hasMorphosyntacticFeature") → |
| British English | /ɑː/ in words like "bath" in many accents ("hasPronunciationFeature") → |
| British English | non-rhoticity in many accents ("hasPronunciationFeature") → |
| British Sign Language | yes ("hasOwnMorphology") → |
| Bulu language | agglutinative morphology → |
| Bulu language | noun class system typical of Bantu languages → |
| Bulu language | tonal phonology → |
| California English | use of "bro" as a familiar address term ("lexicalFeature") → |
| California English | use of "dude" as a familiar address term ("lexicalFeature") → |
| California English | use of "freeway" more than "highway" or "expressway" ("lexicalFeature") → |
| California English | use of "the 5" or "the 405" for freeways in Southern California ("lexicalFeature") → |
| California English | use of "the city" to refer to San Francisco in Northern California ("lexicalFeature") → |
| California English | use of intensifier "hell of" in Northern California ("lexicalFeature") → |
| California English | use of intensifier "hella" in Northern California ("lexicalFeature") → |
| California English | use of the discourse marker "like" ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Canarian Spanish | distinctive intonation patterns compared to Castilian Spanish ("hasProsodicFeature") → |
| Central Malayo-Polynesian languages | shared grammatical innovations → |
| Central Malayo-Polynesian languages | shared phonological innovations → |
| Chadian Arabic | loanwords from Fulfulde ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Chadian Arabic | loanwords from Kanuri ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Chadian Arabic | loanwords from local Chadic languages ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Chemehuevi language | relatively free word order ("syntacticFeature") → |
| Chicago English | use of "the city" to refer specifically to Chicago ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Chicago English | use of "the lake" to refer to Lake Michigan ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Chicago English | use of the term "dibs" for claiming a parking space ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Chicago English | use of the term "front room" or "frunchroom" for living room in some speakers ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Chicago English | use of the term "gym shoes" for athletic shoes ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Chicago English | use of the term "jagoff" as an insult in some speakers ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Chicago English | use of the term "pop" for carbonated soft drinks ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Chimariko language | complex verb morphology → |
| Chimariko language | pronominal affixes on verbs → |
| Chimariko language | use of suffixes → |
| Clarke | final e ("hasSpellingCharacteristic") → |
| Classical Armenian | fusional language ("hasLinguisticType") → |
| Colombian Spanish | distinct regional slang (jerga) such as "parce" in Paisa Spanish ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Colombian Spanish | use of voseo in some regions ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Corsican language | SVO basic word order ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Corsican language | noun-adjective agreement in gender and number ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Corsican language | two grammatical genders ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Corsican language | use of definite and indefinite articles ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Dhundhari | phonology similar to other Rajasthani varieties → |
| Dhundhari | shares vocabulary with Hindi and Rajasthani → |
| Dzhidi | Hebrew and Aramaic lexical influence → |
| Dzhidi | Persian grammar with Jewish communal vocabulary → |
| Early Modern Dutch | changes in verb conjugation patterns ("hasLinguisticChange") → |
| Early Modern Dutch | lexical expansion through loanwords ("hasLinguisticChange") → |
| Early Modern Dutch | simplification of case system ("hasLinguisticChange") → |
| Eastern Sudanic languages | agglutinative morphology → |
| Eastern Sudanic languages | complex verbal morphology → |
| Eastern Sudanic languages | tone languages → |
| Edomite | Canaanite shift → |
| Edomite | use of definite article similar to Hebrew → |
| Egegik | agglutinative structure → |
| Egegik | ergative–absolutive alignment (as in Central Alaskan Yup’ik) → |
| Egegik | polysynthetic morphology → |
| Egegik | postbases (derivational suffixes) → |
| Egegik | rich verbal inflection → |
| Fingallian | Irish-influenced syntax → |
| Fingallian | distinctive local lexicon specific to Fingal region → |
| Fingallian | strong retention of archaic Middle English vocabulary → |
| Fingallian | substrate influence from Irish phonology → |
| Flores–Lembata languages | complex verbal morphology in some member languages → |
| Flores–Lembata languages | contrastive vowel length in some member languages → |
| Flores–Lembata languages | distinctive phonological systems compared to neighboring Austronesian languages → |
| Flores–Lembata languages | pronominal systems with inclusive–exclusive distinction in some member languages → |
| Flores–Lembata languages | rich consonant inventories in some member languages → |
| French | nasal vowels ("hasPhonemicFeature") → |
| Ga language | noun class remnants ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Ga language | serial verb constructions ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Ga language | subject–verb–object word order ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Gospel of Mark | longer ending Mark 16:9–20 in later manuscripts ("textualFeature") → |
| Gospel of Mark | shorter ending at Mark 16:8 in earliest manuscripts ("textualFeature") → |
| Greek language | phonemic stress accent ("hasPhonemicFeature") → |
| Greek language | pitch accent in Ancient Greek ("hasPhonemicFeature") → |
| Greek language | vowel length distinctions in Ancient Greek ("hasPhonemicFeature") → |
| Gros Ventre language | flexible word order ("syntacticFeature") → |
| Guna language | numeral classifiers → |
| Guna language | postpositions instead of prepositions → |
| Guna language | rich verbal morphology → |
| Hadza language | complex verbal morphology → |
| Hadza language | extensive use of click consonants → |
| Hadza language | noun class–like pronominal system → |
| Hadza language | tone → |
| Hakka | lack of retroflex initials compared to Mandarin → |
| Hakka | preservation of final stops -p -t -k → |
| Harauti | shares features with other Rajasthani dialects → |
| Harauti | shows influence from neighboring Hindi dialects → |
| Hmong | classifier system → |
| Hmong | limited inflectional morphology → |
| Hmong | serial verb constructions → |
| Imbabura Kichwa | SOV basic word order → |
| Imbabura Kichwa | agglutinative morphology → |
| Imbabura Kichwa | evidentiality markers → |
| Inuinnaqtun | ergative–absolutive alignment → |
| Inuinnaqtun | postbases for derivation and inflection → |
| Inuinnaqtun | rich system of verbal inflection → |
| Ionic Greek | Ionian-specific vocabulary items ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Ipai language | agglutinative morphology → |
| Ipai language | complex aspect system → |
| Ipai language | rich verbal morphology → |
| Ipai language | use of clitics → |
| Ipai language | verb-final word order tendency → |
| Italo-Celtic group | assimilation of *p to following *kʷ in some environments → |
| Italo-Celtic group | genitive in -ī → |
| Italo-Celtic group | merger of PIE *o and *a in certain contexts → |
| Italo-Celtic group | parallel innovations in nominal inflection → |
| Italo-Celtic group | similar developments in verbal morphology → |
| Italo-Celtic group | subjunctive in -ā- → |
| Italo-Celtic group | superlative in -ism̥mo- / -issimo- → |
| Iyaric | anti-language ("hasLinguisticType") → |
| Iyaric | cant ("hasLinguisticType") → |
| Iyaric | sociolect ("hasLinguisticType") → |
| Japanese | agglutinative morphology ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Japanese | particles ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Japanese | postpositions ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Japanese | subject–object–verb word order ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Japanese | topic–comment structure ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Jeru | agglutinative morphology → |
| Jeru | complex prefixation → |
| Jeru | noun class–like systems related to body parts → |
| Judeo-Arabic | code-switching between Hebrew and Arabic → |
| Judeo-Arabic | lexical items specific to Jewish religious life → |
| Judeo-Arabic | loanwords from Aramaic → |
| Judeo-Arabic | loanwords from Hebrew → |
| Judeo-Arabic | phonological features distinct from neighboring Arabic dialects → |
| Judeo-Kermani | Aramaic loanwords → |
| Judeo-Kermani | Hebrew loanwords → |
| Judeo-Kermani | distinctive Jewish religious vocabulary → |
| Judeo-Kermani | features of regional Kermani Persian → |
| Katrina | proper noun ("hasLinguisticType") → |
| Khetrani | SOV word order → |
| Khetrani | ergative alignment in past transitive constructions → |
| Khetrani | grammatical gender → |
| Khetrani | postpositions instead of prepositions → |
| Khoe languages | largely nominative–accusative with some unusual agreement patterns ("hasMorphosyntacticAlignment") → |
| Khoe-Kwadi | complex tone systems in some Khoe languages → |
| Khoe-Kwadi | rich pronominal systems → |
| Kimvita | distinct local vocabulary compared to Standard Swahili ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Kinyarwanda | extensive noun class agreement ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Kinyarwanda | object markers on verbs ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Kinyarwanda | subject-verb agreement ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Kirundi | noun class agreement ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Kirundi | object markers ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Kirundi | subject-verb agreement ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Kirundi | verbal affixation ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Korean Sign Language | own phonology based on handshape, location, movement, orientation, and non-manual markers ("hasLinguisticProperty") → |
| Latin | case system for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives ("grammarFeature") → |
| Latin | grammatical gender ("grammarFeature") → |
| Latin | highly inflected morphology ("grammarFeature") → |
| Latin | synthetic verb forms ("grammarFeature") → |
| Latin | verb conjugations ("grammarFeature") → |
| Llanito | borrowing ("hasLinguisticPhenomenon") → |
| Llanito | calquing from English into Spanish ("hasLinguisticPhenomenon") → |
| Llanito | code-mixing ("hasLinguisticPhenomenon") → |
| Maban languages | rich consonant inventories ("havePhonologicalFeature") → |
| Mahican language | animate–inanimate gender system → |
| Mahican language | complex verb morphology → |
| Mahican language | head-marking → |
| Mahican language | obviative marking → |
| Mahican language | person hierarchy in verb agreement → |
| Mahican language | polysynthetic morphology → |
| Mahican language | rich system of inflectional affixes → |
| Malayalam | contrastive vowel length ("hasPhonemicFeature") → |
| Malayalam | geminate consonants ("hasPhonemicFeature") → |
| Malayalam | retroflex consonants ("hasPhonemicFeature") → |
| Maltese | emphatic consonants ("hasPhonemicFeature") → |
| Maltese | gemination ("hasPhonemicFeature") → |
| Maltese | pharyngeal consonants ("hasPhonemicFeature") → |
| Malwai dialect | distinct pronunciation compared to Majhi Punjabi ("hasDialectalFeature") → |
| Malwai dialect | distinct vocabulary compared to Majhi Punjabi ("hasDialectalFeature") → |
| Malwai dialect | some grammatical differences from standard Punjabi ("hasDialectalFeature") → |
| Mazatec | head-marking ("hasMorphosyntacticAlignment") → |
| Middle High German | expansion of abstract vocabulary ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Middle High German | increasing use of fixed word order ("syntacticFeature") → |
| Midwestern American English | use of garage sale or yard sale for household sales ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Midwestern American English | use of kitty-corner or catty-corner for diagonally across ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Midwestern American English | use of pop for carbonated soft drink in many northern areas ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Midwestern American English | use of soda in some Midwestern subregions ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Midwestern American English | use of you guys as second-person plural pronoun ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Midwestern American English | use of yous or youse in some urban Midwestern communities ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Milyan | Indo-European morphology → |
| Milyan | case inflection → |
| Milyan | gender distinction → |
| Milyan | verb conjugation → |
| Minahasan languages | rich consonant inventory ("havePhonologicalFeature") → |
| Minahasan languages | voice system typical of Philippine-type languages ("haveMorphologicalFeature") → |
| Mistralian orthography | phonemic-based orthography with French conventions ("hasLinguisticType") → |
| Mitchell | contains double "l" at the end ("hasSpellingCharacteristic") → |
| Mueller | uses "ue" to represent "ü" ("hasSpellingCharacteristic") → |
| Murcian Spanish | use of diminutives with -ico/-ica endings in some areas ("hasMorphosyntacticFeature") → |
| Muskogean languages | polysynthesis ("morphologyFeature") → |
| Muskogean languages | rich verbal morphology ("morphologyFeature") → |
| Narragansett language | animate–inanimate gender system → |
| Narragansett language | complex verb morphology → |
| Narragansett language | obviative marking → |
| Nevada English | shows age-based variation similar to other Western dialects ("hasSociolinguisticProperty") → |
| Nevada English | shows influence from in-migration to Las Vegas and Reno ("hasSociolinguisticProperty") → |
| Nevada English | shows urban–rural variation ("hasSociolinguisticProperty") → |
| Nevada English | some local terms associated with gambling and casinos ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Nevada English | some local terms associated with mining and ranching ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Nevada English | use of Western U.S. vocabulary items ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Nguni languages | complex verb morphology ("shareGrammaticalFeatures") → |
| Niger–Congo languages | noun class system ("morphologyFeature") → |
| Nissart | Italianate intonation patterns → |
| Nissart | phonology close to neighboring Occitan and Ligurian varieties → |
| Nissart | vocabulary distinct from standard French → |
| Niçard | Occitan verb conjugation patterns ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Norn | retention of three grammatical genders → |
| Norn | rich inflectional morphology → |
| Norn | vowel system similar to West Scandinavian → |
| Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English | Northern Cities Vowel Shift → |
| Nunivak Cup’ig | agglutinative morphology → |
| Nunivak Cup’ig | consonant length contrast → |
| Nunivak Cup’ig | distinct phonology from General Central Yup’ik → |
| Nunivak Cup’ig | ergative–absolutive alignment → |
| Nunivak Cup’ig | lexical differences from General Central Yup’ik → |
| Nunivak Cup’ig | polysynthesis → |
| Nunivak Cup’ig | postbases → |
| Nunivak Cup’ig | rich verbal inflection → |
| Nunivak Cup’ig | vowel harmony → |
| Nzebi | agglutinative morphology → |
| Nzebi | noun class system → |
| Nzebi | tone language → |
| Old Gutnish | rich inflectional system ("hasMorphologicalTrait") → |
| Oromo | gender and number agreement → |
| Oromo | postpositions → |
| Oromo | rich case system → |
| Oromo | vowel harmony → |
| Pangasinan language | preposed markers for case and definiteness ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Pangasinan language | use of aspect rather than tense ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Partido Bikol | influenced by English loanwords → |
| Partido Bikol | influenced by Tagalog and Filipino → |
| Partido Bikol | shares vocabulary with other Bikol dialects → |
| Partido Bikol | shows phonological variation from standard Central Bikol → |
| Pashto language | SOV basic word order → |
| Pashto language | aspirated consonants → |
| Pashto language | case system → |
| Pashto language | grammatical gender → |
| Pashto language | retroflex consonants → |
| Pashto language | split ergativity → |
| Pashto language | tonal contrasts in some dialects → |
| Pijin | no case inflection on nouns ("hasMorphosyntacticFeature") → |
| Pijin | no grammatical gender ("hasMorphosyntacticFeature") → |
| Pochutec | Uto-Aztecan sound correspondences → |
| Pochutec | complex verb morphology → |
| Pochutec | vowel length distinctions → |
| Prasun language | contrastive vowel length → |
| Prasun language | rich verbal morphology → |
| Prasun language | subject–object–verb basic word order → |
| Prasun language | tonal or pitch-accent distinctions (reported) → |
| Proto-Greek | basic vocabulary inherited from Proto-Indo-European ("lexiconFeature") → |
| Proto-Greek | noun cases inherited from Proto-Indo-European ("morphologyFeature") → |
| Proto-Greek | rich inflectional morphology ("morphologyFeature") → |
| Proto-Turkic | basic vocabulary preserved widely across modern Turkic languages ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Punu | agglutinative morphology → |
| Razihi Arabic | archaic vocabulary → |
| Razihi Arabic | conservative phonology → |
| Razihi Arabic | conservative verbal system → |
| Razihi Arabic | distinctive morphosyntax → |
| Razihi Arabic | high degree of divergence from Standard Arabic → |
| Razihi Arabic | lexical items not found in most other Arabic dialects → |
| Razihi Arabic | retention of archaic Semitic features → |
| Rhenish Franconian | West Central German vowel system → |
| Riasti | spoken language variety ("hasLinguisticType") → |
| Riasti | vernacular ("hasLinguisticType") → |
| Rinconada Bikol | Austronesian alignment → |
| Rinconada Bikol | focus system → |
| Rinconada Bikol | rich verbal affixation → |
| Rinconada Bikol | verb–subject–object basic word order → |
| Rioplatense Spanish | Andalusian-influenced phonology → |
| Rioplatense Spanish | Italian-influenced intonation → |
| Rioplatense Spanish | aspiration of /s/ in coda position → |
| Rioplatense Spanish | frequent use of diminutives like -ito and -ita ("hasMorphosyntacticFeature") → |
| Rioplatense Spanish | sheísmo → |
| Rioplatense Spanish | use of lunfardo vocabulary → |
| Rioplatense Spanish | voseo → |
| Rioplatense Spanish | yeísmo → |
| Rioplatense Spanish | zheísmo → |
| Roy | monosyllabic ("hasLinguisticProperty") → |
| Róbert | lengthened vowel ó in Hungarian ("hasPronunciationFeature") → |
| Róbert | stressed first syllable in Hungarian ("hasPronunciationFeature") → |
| Salinan language | complex verbal morphology → |
| Salinan language | rich consonant inventory → |
| Salinan language | vowel length distinctions → |
| Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup | Polynesian-type phonology → |
| Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup | shared grammatical structures typical of Polynesian languages → |
| Samoic–Outlier languages subgroup | similar basic vocabulary across member languages → |
| Sassarese | mixture of Sardinian and Italo-Romance structures ("hasMorphosyntacticFeature") → |
| Scottish English | from more Scots-influenced to more standard-like varieties ("hasSociolinguisticRange") → |
| Seri language | complex number system ("hasNominalFeature") → |
| Seri language | irregular plurals ("hasNominalFeature") → |
| Seri language | noun classifiers-like distinctions ("hasNominalFeature") → |
| Seto | distinct morphology compared to Standard Estonian → |
| Seto | distinct phonology compared to Standard Estonian → |
| Seto | distinct vocabulary compared to Standard Estonian → |
| Setswana | agglutinative morphology ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Setswana | noun class agreement ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Setswana | verb conjugation by subject and tense ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Shabo language | shows both unique and contact-induced lexical items → |
| Shauraseni Prakrit | large proportion of Sanskrit-derived vocabulary ("lexicalFeature") → |
| Shekhawati | SOV (subject–object–verb) word order → |
| Shekhawati | distinctive vocabulary compared to Standard Hindi → |
| Shekhawati | postpositions instead of prepositions → |
| Shekhawati | retroflex consonants → |
| Shekhawati | three-gender system (masculine, feminine, neuter) → |
| Shilha | rich consonant inventory → |
| Shilha | root-and-pattern morphology → |
| Shilha | verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO) → |
| Shona | agglutinative morphology ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Shona | subject–verb–object word order ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Shoshoni | postpositions → |
| Shoshoni | rich verbal morphology → |
| Shoshoni | verb-final syntax → |
| Sidamo | agglutinative morphology → |
| Sidamo | case marking on nouns → |
| Sidamo | rich verbal inflection → |
| Swati | agglutinative morphology ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Swati | click consonants → |
| Swati | noun class system → |
| Swati | subject–verb–object basic word order ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Swati | tone → |
| Thompson | includes the patronymic suffix -son ("hasSpellingCharacteristic") → |
| Timor–Babar languages | Austronesian alignment patterns → |
| Timor–Babar languages | complex phonologies → |
| Timor–Babar languages | complex verb morphology → |
| Timor–Babar languages | diverse grammatical structures → |
| Timor–Babar languages | infixation → |
| Timor–Babar languages | numeral classifiers in some languages → |
| Timor–Babar languages | postposed possessors → |
| Timor–Babar languages | prefixation → |
| Timor–Babar languages | preposed possessors → |
| Timor–Babar languages | pronominal systems with clusivity distinctions → |
| Timor–Babar languages | reduplication → |
| Timor–Babar languages | rich consonant inventories → |
| Timor–Babar languages | serial verb constructions → |
| Timor–Babar languages | suffixation → |
| Timor–Babar languages | vowel contrasts → |
| Tipai | complex aspect system → |
| Tipai | rich verbal morphology → |
| Tipai | use of clitics → |
| Tipai | verb-final word order tendency → |
| Tiv language | noun class remnants → |
| Tiv language | tone-marking in some orthographies → |
| Tongan language group | T–V distinction in pronouns and honorifics → |
| Tongan language group | VSO basic word order → |
| Tongan language group | extensive use of reduplication → |
| Tongan language group | inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns → |
| Tongan language group | phonemic vowel length → |
| Tongan language group | rich system of possessive markers → |
| Tshivenda | agglutinative morphology ("hasGrammarFeature") → |
| Umbundu | agglutinative morphology → |
| Umbundu | noun class system → |
| Umbundu | tonal distinctions → |
| Upland Yuman | complex aspect marking → |
| Upland Yuman | use of suffixes for person and number → |
| Vivaro-Alpine | occitan vowel system with Alpine influences → |
| Vivaro-Alpine | phonological traits influenced by neighboring Franco-Provençal and Piedmontese varieties → |
| Vivaro-Alpine | use of clitic pronouns similar to other Occitan varieties → |
| Wanetsi | conservative phonology compared to standard Pashto → |
| Wanetsi | lexical differences from standard Pashto → |
| Wanetsi | morphological differences from standard Pashto → |
| Wells | endsWith -s ("hasSpellingCharacteristic") GENERATED → |
| Xiang Chinese | significant internal dialectal variation → |
| Yankunytjatjara | mutual intelligibility with other Western Desert varieties ("hasLanguageFeature") → |
| Zenati languages | rich consonant inventory ("haveTypologicalFeature") → |
| Zenati languages | root-and-pattern morphology ("haveTypologicalFeature") → |
| Zenati languages | verb–subject–object basic word order (in many varieties) ("haveTypologicalFeature") → |