Order N3 03_ Noun Adjective Demonstrative
| Definition |
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| The value of the property Noun Adjective Demonstrative is "yes" for a language when this order is found in a neutral context. As with all word order properties, we restrict our attention to productive word order patterns. Definition of Demonstrative General Note on Word Order Properties: A "yes" value for the property Noun Adjective Demonstrative does not exclude a "yes" value for other orders of these categories. NA (Not Applicable): NA for this property means that the language has either no demonstratives or no nouns or no adjectives. Examples: 1. English is "no" for Noun Adjective Demonstrative, since the order is always ungrammatical: *books red these (* means ungrammatical) 2. Hebrew is "yes" for this property: bayit nexmad ze house nice that "that nice house" ha-bayit ha-nexmad ha-ze the-house the-nice the-that "that nice house" |
| Contributed by: Andrea Cattaneo, Chris Collins, Jim Wood |
| Language | Value | Contributor | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| =Hoan | Yes | Chris Collins | |
| Acehnese | Yes | Julie Legate | |
| Afrikaans | No | Theresa Biberauer | |
| + Agni indénié | Yes | Amoikon Dyhié ASSANVO | |
| + Albanian | No | Dalina Kallulli | |
| Amharic | No | Girma Demeke | |
| Ancient Greek | No | Richard Faure | |
| Arabic, Gulf | Yes | Dimitrios Ntelitheos | |
| Aymara | No | Matt Coler | |
| Bajau, West Coast | Yes | Mark Miller | |
| + Bambara | Yes | Bryan Villa | |
| Bardi | Yes | Claire Bowern | |
| + Basaa | Yes | Paul Roger Bassong | |
| Basque | Yes | Karlos Arregi | |
| + Bellinzonese | No | Andrea Cattaneo | |
| Beng | Yes | Denis Paperno | |
| Bengali | No | Priyanka Biswas | |
| + Bole | Yes | Alhaji Gimba | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | No | Bruna Moreira | |
| Breton | Yes | Steve Hewitt | |
| Bulgarian | No | Ljuba Veselinova | |
| Burmese | No | Timothy Ho | |
| Calabrian (Northern) | No | Giuseppina Silvestri | |
| Catalan | No | Txuss Martin | |
| Chichewa | Yes | Sam Mchombo | |
| Chickasaw | NA | Pam Munro | Chickasaw does not have adjectives, per se, only stative verbs. However, when a noun is followed by a stative verb used as a modifier, a demonstrative will follow that sequence. |
| Chol | No | Jessica Coon | |
| Czech | No | Pavel Caha | |
| + Dagaare | Yes | Adams Bodomo | |
| Dholuo | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Digo | No | Steve Nicolle | |
| Digor Ossetic | No | David Erschler | |
| Dutch | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| Eastern Armenian | No | Karine Megerdoomian | |
| English | No | Chris Collins | |
| English (Singapore) | No | Adam Chong | |
| European Portuguese | No | Salvador Mascarenhas | |
| Ewe | Yes | Chris Collins | |
| Farefari | Yes | Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu | |
| Faroese | No | Gunnar Hrafn Hrafnbjargarson | |
| Finnish | No | Anders Holmberg | |
| French | No | Chris Collins | |
| Frisian (West Frisian) | No | Jarich Hoekstra | |
| + Ga | Yes | Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu | |
| galician | No | Naír García | |
| Garifuna | No | Pam Munro | |
| georgian | No | Lea Nash | |
| German | No | Martin Haspelmath | |
| + Greek | No | Arhonto Terzi | |
| + Greenlandic, West (Kalaallisut) | Yes | Stephen Mayeaux | |
| + Gungbe (Porto-Novo) | Yes | Enoch Oladé Aboh | |
| Gurene | Yes | Samuel Atintono | |
| Haitian | Yes | Michel DeGraff | |
| Hakka | No | Iris Wu | |
| Hanga | Yes | Geoffrey Hunt | |
| Hausa | No | Michael A. Estrada | |
| + Hebrew | Yes | Ur Shlonsky | |
| Hindi | No | Gurprit Bains | |
| Hittite | No | Mattyas Huggard | |
| + Hixkaryana | NA | Laura Kalin | |
| Hungarian | No | Anna Szabolcsi | |
| Ibibio | No | Willie Willie | |
| Icelandic | No | Jim Wood | |
| Igala | Yes | Johnson Folorunso Ilori | |
| Iha | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Ilokano | No | Jeremy Rafal | |
| imbabura quichua | No | UCLA Linguistics 210 | |
| Indonesian | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Iron Ossetic | No | David Erschler | |
| Isbukun Bunun | No | Iris Wu | |
| Italian | No | Andrea Cattaneo | |
| Jamaican Creole English | No | Stephanie Durrleman | |
| Japanese | No | Ken Hiraiwa | |
| Jarawara | Yes | Alan Vogel | |
| Jingulu | NA | Rob Pensalfini | |
| Karachay | No | Steve Seegmiller | |
| Kayan | Yes | Ken Manson | |
| Khasi | No | Gracious Temsen | |
| KiLega | No | Kasangati Kinyalolo | |
| Kiswahili | Yes | Aggrey Wasike | |
| Kiyaka | No | Lukowa Kidima | |
| Konni | Yes | Michael Cahill | |
| Korean | No | Chung-hye Han | |
| Kuot | No | Eva Lindström | |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | No | Yadgar Karimi | |
| Kusunda | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Laal | NA | Florian Lionnet | |
| + Lango | Yes | Arwa Rangwala | |
| Lani | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Lao | Yes | Alif Silpachai | |
| Lebanese Arabic | Yes | Lina Choueiri | |
| Lubukusu | Yes | Aggrey Wasike | |
| Maasai (Kisongo) | No | Hilda Koopman | |
| + Malagasy | Yes | Ed Keenan and Laura Kalin | |
| Malayalam | No | Mythili Menon | |
| Mandarin | No | Arthur Wang | |
| Maori | No | Ray Harlow | |
| + Marshallese | Yes | Heather Willson Sturman | |
| + Masarak | Yes | Jessica Chen | |
| Mbuko | Yes | Richard Gravina | |
| + Medumba | Yes | KEUPDJIO HERMANN SIDOINE | |
| Middle Dutch | No | Gertjan Postma | |
| Miya | No | Michael A. Estrada | |
| Nahuatl (Central Huasteca) | No | John Garcia | |
| + Nahuatl (Classical) | No | John Garcia | |
| + Nawdm | Yes | Hannah Kim | |
| Ndut | Yes | Daniel Morgan | |
| Nepali | No | Mark Donohue | |
| Northern Thai | Yes | Alif Silpachai | |
| Norwegian | No | Marit Julien | |
| + Nupe | Yes | Jason Kandybowicz | |
| Nweh | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| + Occitan | Yes | Patrick Sauzet | |
| Okinawan | No | Ken Hiraiwa | |
| Old English | No | Steve Seegmiller | |
| One | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Palue | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| panjabi | No | Gurprit Bains | |
| Papuan Malay | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Pashto | No | Taylor Roberts | |
| Pima | No | Marcus Smith | |
| Polish | No | Barbara Tomaszewicz | |
| Q'anjob'al | No | Kathleen O'Flynn | |
| Romanian | No | Oana Savescu | |
| + Russian | No | Stephanie Harves | |
| Salasaca Quichua | No | Pieter Muysken | |
| Samoan | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| + San Dionisio Ocotepec Zapotec | Yes | George Aaron Broadwell | |
| Sandawe | No | Helen Eaton | |
| Saweru | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Scottish Gaelic | Yes | Andrew Carnie | |
| Senaya | No | Laura McPherson | |
| Serbian | No | Miloje Despic | |
| Shan | Yes | Alif Silpachai | |
| + Shupamem | Yes | Abdoulaye Laziz Nchare | |
| Skou | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Slovenian | No | Franc Marušič | |
| + Spanish | No | Violeta Vazquez-Rojas | |
| Swedish | No | fredrik heinat | |
| Swiss German | No | Cecile Meier | |
| Tagalog | No | Edith Aldridge | |
| Taiwanese Southern Min | No | Arthur Wang | |
| Thai | Yes | Peter Jenks | |
| Titan | No | Claire Bowern | |
| Tiwa | No | Virginia Dawson | |
| Tlingit | No | James Crippen | |
| + Tommo-So | Yes | Laura McPherson | |
| Tongan | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| Triqui, Copala | Yes | George Aaron Broadwell | |
| + Tukang Besi | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| + Tuki (Tukombo) | Yes | Edmond Biloa | This ordering is only possible for color adjectives. |
| Turkish | No | Murat Kural | |
| Tuvan | No | Brian Hsu | |
| Ukrainian | No | Roksolana Mykhaylyk | |
| Vata | Yes | Hilda Koopman | |
| + Vietnamese | Yes | Binh Ngo | |
| Vlaški-Žejanski-Istro-Romanian | No | Zvjezdana Vrzic | |
| Wan | Yes | Tatiana Nikitina | |
| West Flemish | No | Liliane Haegeman | |
| Western Armenian | No | Hrayr Khanjian | |
| Wolof | Yes | Harold Torrence | |
| Yawa | Yes | Mark Donohue | |
| Yiddish | No | Shannon Mooney | |
| Yoruba | Yes | Johnson Folorunso Ilori | |
| Zulu | Yes | Claire Halpert |