Volume 5. Iranian languages. I. South-Western Iranian languages
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Indo-European → Indo-Iranian → Iranian → Southwestern Iranian
Main country: Iran (show on the map)
[A‑6] | Vowel opposition in nasalization | No vowel opposition in nasalization [A‑6‑1] | ||
[A‑7] | Vowel opposition in pharyngealization | No vowel opposition in pharyngealization [A‑7‑1] | ||
[A‑8] | Vowel opposition in ATR | No vowel opposition in ATR [A‑8‑1] | ||
[A‑9] | Diphthongs and triphthongs | Only diphthongs present [A‑9‑2] | ||
[A‑10] | Types of diphthongs | Falling (descending) [A‑10‑2] |
[B‑3] | Stress carrier | Syllable [B‑3‑1] |
[C‑1] | Syllable onset | Both null and non-null onset possible [C‑1‑5] | ||
[C‑2] | Syllable coda | Both null and non-null ocoda possible [C‑2‑5] |
No filled features for this language.
[E‑1] | Type of language by type of morpheme combination in a word | Fusional with some agglutinative features [E‑1‑4] | ||
[E‑3] | Agglutinative type features | One flection can only express one meaning, single inflection/conjugation type, no phonetic alternations in morphemes, basic form bare stem [E‑3‑6] | ||
[E‑4] | Type of language by degree of morpheme cohesion | Synthetic with elements of analytism [E‑4‑6] |
[F‑1] | Number of agreement classes | No agreement classes [F‑1‑1] | ||
[F‑8] | Opposition by person/non-person | Lexical [F‑8‑1] | ||
[F‑9] | Expression of animacy/inanimacy | Lexical [F‑9‑1] |
[G‑1] | Number in nouns | Singular and plural [G‑1‑1] | ||
[G‑2] | Single number marking | Unmarked [G‑2‑2] | ||
[G‑4] | Agreement in number | Predicative [G‑4‑2] |
[H‑1] | Number of noun cases | No case [H‑1‑6] |
[I‑2] | Voice stacking in the same verb form | Absent [I‑2‑2] | ||
[I‑5] | Tense forms | Past [I‑5‑1] | ||
[I‑5] | Tense forms | Present [I‑5‑2] | ||
[I‑5] | Tense forms | Non-past [I‑5‑5] | ||
[I‑6] | Aspect and tense expression | Syncretic [I‑6‑2] | ||
[I‑8] | Syncretic expression of several verb meanings | Person, number, tense, aspect, and modality (mood) [I‑8‑17] | ||
[I‑9] | Marking of person in present tense verbs | In singular and plural [I‑9‑3] | ||
[I‑10] | Transitivity marker | Special type of agreement [I‑10‑5] |
[J‑1] | Pronominal words | Pronouns-nouns and pronouns-adjectives [J‑1‑11] | ||
[J‑2] | Expression of deictic categories | Demonstrative pronouns and postpositions [J‑2‑15] | ||
[J‑3] | Function words expressing spatial orientation of action | Prepositions [J‑3‑3] | ||
[J‑4] | Content words expressing spatial orientation of action | Pronouns [J‑4‑4] | ||
[J‑6] | Words expressing (in)definiteness | Postpositions [J‑6‑3] |
[K‑1] | Personal pronouns inflection | Pronouns are not inflected [K‑1‑1] | ||
[K‑2] | Article types | No articles [K‑2‑1] | ||
[K‑3] | Indefinite article and numeral 'one' | Different [K‑3‑2] | ||
[K‑7] | Number of conjugation types | Single type of conjugation [K‑7‑1] | ||
[K‑8] | Verb agreement types | Subject and object [K‑8‑3] | ||
[K‑9] | Agreement categories expressed in participle | Absent [K‑9‑1] | ||
[K‑10] | Tense expressed by participle | Past [K‑10‑4] | ||
[K‑17] | Cumulative expression of several categories in noun | Absent [K‑17‑1] | ||
[K‑19] | Word form model | Prefixal-suffixal [K‑19‑1] |
[L‑1] | Word formation means | Derivation [L‑1‑6] | ||
[L‑2] | Derivation affixes | Suffixes [L‑2‑2] |
[M‑3] | Dominant word order | SOV [M‑3‑2] | ||
[M‑5] | Pro-drop | Impossible [M‑5‑2] |
No filled features for this language.