Typological Features Template for Konkomba
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| Feature | Description |
| Phonological Features | |
| Vowel inventory | a, aa, e, ee, i, ii, u, uu, o, oo, ɔ, ɔɔ |
| Vowel harmony | Konkomba does not have vowel harmony. |
| Consonant inventory | p, t, ch, f, b, d, g, gb, k, kp, p, h, j, l, m, n, ŋ, ŋm, r, s, w, y |
| Tone | Yes, but tones are not marked in the orthography. Some minimal tone pairs are marked by spelling, using a silent letter /h/ |
| Syllable Structure | cv, cvv, cvc, cvvc, v, vv |
| Morpho-syntactic Features | In the following fields you describe some of the basic morpho-syntactic parameters of [your language] |
| morphological classification (1) | Konkomba is more or less an isolating language not making much use of morphology. |
| morphological classification (2) | Konkomba is a dependent marking language. |
| Nominal Phrases | In the following fields follows a description of some of the basic morpho-syntactic properties of nominal constituents |
| syntactic structure | linear order of elements in the noun phrase: N-ADJ/NUM-DET |
| nominal modification | There are few adjectives in Konkomba. Often the Adjective is fused with the noun as a suffix, agreeing with the class of the noun.
The relative clause normally follows the head noun. The relative pronoun agrees with the noun it modifies in class and number. |
| nominal specification | Konkomba has adjectives, determiners, demonstratives, numerals and quantifiers. |
| possession | In Konkomba possession is expressed by a possessive/associative particle which immediately follows the possessor (if a noun) and is affixed to the possessed element, replacing the class prefix (if present)of the possessed element. Konkomba distinguishes alienable and inalienable possession. |
| pronominal system | Konkomba has free pronoun forms. Some personal pronouns are marked for object. There are bound pronouns, e.g. when followed by a negative morpheme or a possessive morpheme. There are a few reflexive pronouns. |
| Verbal Phrases | The Verbal Phrase consists of: optional tense marker, (T) followed by the Verb (V). |
| word order | SVO |
| TAM | Future, Imperfect, Perfect, Time-depth markers |
| infinitival forms | Konkomba may use a verbal noun as Infinitive. The Infinitive may also be marked by tone on the nominal preceding the verb. Some dialects also have a pre-verbal nasal. |
| verbal constructions | In this field you indicate if [your language] has ditransitive constructions, serial verb constructions or complex verb forms composed of several verbs. Does your language have so called light verbs, perhaps only used to indicate a certain tense or aspect? |
| Adpositions | In this field you indicate if [your language[ makes use of prepositions or postpositions. Does your language have spatial nouns? Does your language use adpositions or particles to indicate grammatical relations between the verb and a nominal argument? |
| Complementation | there is a lot on complementation, please check later. |
| Special Properties of Konkomba | -- |