Re: Conlang Typology Survey

I'll answer with my Piata.

> 1. morphological type
a. agglutinative
d. isolating

> 2. Word order
b. SVO

> 3. adposition/noun order
b. preposition - noun

> 4. adjective/noun order
There are no adjectives, just verbs. See also
question 6.

> 5. genitive/noun order
a. genitive - noun

> 6. relative clause/noun order
b. noun - rel. clause

> 7. main verb/aux verb order
There are no aux verbs, just particles, which
however precede what they modify.

> 8. adverb/verb order
I'm still not sure if there are adverbs per se
in Piata. Probably isn't.

> 9. compounding type
a. head-last compounding

> 10. case type
d. other - active marking (fluid-S) based on control.

> 11. tense system
a. time (past/present/future)
b. aspect
c. realis/irrealis

Actually, I'm still not decided about this. It seems I will have all three categories though.

> 12. script
a. latin

> 13. number of genders/noun classes
Nopes. Unlike other Algonquian languages, there
will be no animate/inanimate gender distinction.

> 14. number of cases
Two for the pronominal prefixes (Agent and Patient).
None for full NP's.

> 15. number of phonemes
14 consonantal phonemes and six vowel phonemes
/i, E, a, o, M, V/, which make for a total of
exactly 20 phonemes.

> 16. lexicon size
Haha. I just have some 25 words for the moment. I tend
to focus on morphosyntax and phonology in the beginning. :)
I do have six derivational affixes done though, so you
can easily boast that number three or four times.

Daniel Andreasson