Jaru
Autonym candidate: Charrau unverified — from alt-names· 26 name candidates recorded
Classification
Glottolog family treeCountry & location
Glottolog point-18.3288, 128.2620
Provenance: glottolog
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Grammar profile
116 coded · 24 unknown61 Grambank + 35 WALS — 140 coded features in total across 85 Grambank, 35 WALS, 20 AUS extension.
Grambank’s 195 variables are a cross-linguistic baseline— a fixed questionnaire asked of every language — not “the grammar” of Jaru. Read each cell as an answer to a standard typological question. Compare languages in the grammar lens →
Showing 140 of 140 coded features.
Grambank
85 featuresClause and Syntax10
- both.
Order of numeral and noun in the noun phrase: 1=Numeral-Noun, 2=Noun-Numeral, 3=both orders occur.
Grambank GB024
- unknown
Unmarked order of S and V in intransitive clauses: 1=SV, 2=VS, 3=both.
Grambank GB130
- unknown
Whether the language has clause chaining (long strings of dependent clauses + one final finite verb).
Grambank GB150
- unknown
Whether there is a morphological simultaneous-vs-sequential clause distinction.
Grambank GB152
- unknown
Whether yes/no questions can be marked by intonation alone.
Grambank GB257
- unknown
Whether yes/no questions can be marked by a special word order.
Grambank GB260
- unknown
Whether content interrogatives normally stay in situ (not fronted).
Grambank GB326
- present
Whether a relative clause can follow its head noun.
Grambank GB327
- absent
Whether a relative clause can precede its head noun.
Grambank GB328
- absent
Whether there are internally-headed relative clauses.
Grambank GB329
Demonstrative1
- absent
Whether demonstratives make three or more distance contrasts (e.g. near/mid/far).
Grambank GB035
Nominal29
- absent
Whether the language has a definite or specific article (a grammatical word like English 'the').
Grambank GB020
- absent
Whether indefinite nominals commonly take an indefinite article (like English 'a/an').
Grambank GB021
- Dem-N
Order of an adnominal demonstrative ('this/that') and noun: 1=Dem-Noun, 2=Noun-Dem, 3=both.
Grambank GB025
- absent
Whether independent 3rd-person pronouns mark a gender distinction (he vs she).
Grambank GB030
- absent
Whether there is an associative plural marker ('X and those associated with X').
Grambank GB046
- unknown
Whether an action/state noun can be productively derived from a verb (e.g. 'run' -> 'running').
Grambank GB047
- present
Whether an agent noun can be productively derived from a verb (e.g. 'teach' -> 'teacher').
Grambank GB048
- unknown
Whether an object/result noun can be productively derived from a verb.
Grambank GB049
- absent
Whether the gender/noun-class system uses biological sex as a class-assignment factor.
Grambank GB051
- absent
Whether the gender/noun-class system uses shape as a class-assignment factor.
Grambank GB052
- absent
Whether the language has numeral classifiers (a sortal element required when counting).
Grambank GB057
- absent
Whether the language has possessive classifiers.
Grambank GB058
- present
Whether the possessive construction differs for alienable vs inalienable nouns (e.g. 'my dog' vs 'my hand').
Grambank GB059
- unknown
Unmarked order of possessor noun and possessed noun: 1=Possessor-Possessed, 2=Possessed-Possessor, 3=both.
Grambank GB065
- present
Whether verbs undergo reduplication.
Grambank GB158
- present
Whether nouns undergo reduplication.
Grambank GB159
- present
Whether words other than verbs or nouns undergo reduplication.
Grambank GB160
- absent
Whether an adjective-like property word can agree with its noun in gender/noun class.
Grambank GB170
- N - ANM
Order of adjective-like property word and noun: 0=not used attributively, 1=Adj-N, 2=N-Adj, 3=both.
Grambank GB193
- unknown
Whether yes/no questions can be marked by a question particle plus verbal morphology.
Grambank GB285
- present
Whether standard negation can be marked by a non-inflecting negative particle.
Grambank GB299
- unknown
Whether plural number is marked in the NP by a dedicated free (unbound) element.
Grambank GB318
- absent
Whether adnominal possession can be marked by a prefix on the possessor.
Grambank GB430
- absent
Whether adnominal possession can be marked by a prefix on the possessed noun.
Grambank GB431
- absent
Whether adnominal possession can be marked by a suffix on the possessor.
Grambank GB432
- absent
Whether adnominal possession can be marked by a suffix on the possessed noun.
Grambank GB433
- absent
Whether mood can be marked by a non-inflecting particle.
Grambank GB519
- absent
Whether aspect can be marked by a non-inflecting particle.
Grambank GB520
- absent
Whether tense can be marked by a non-inflecting particle.
Grambank GB521
Numerals2
- absent
Whether the numeral system is decimal (base 10).
Grambank GB333
- absent
Whether there is any synchronic evidence of a quinary (base 5) element.
Grambank GB334
Other8
- present
Whether noun-conjoining ('X and Y') and comitative ('X with Y') use different markers.
Grambank GB027
- absent
Whether there is productive overt singular marking on nouns.
Grambank GB042
- absent
Whether the language has prepositions.
Grambank GB074
- absent
Whether there is grammatical marking of direct (sensory) evidence.
Grambank GB322
- unknown
Whether there is grammatical marking of indirect evidence (hearsay, inference).
Grambank GB323
- absent
Whether any part of the case/adposition (flagging) system shows accusative alignment.
Grambank GB408
- present
Whether any part of the case/adposition (flagging) system shows ergative alignment.
Grambank GB409
- absent
Whether there is a politeness (T/V) distinction in 2nd-person forms.
Grambank GB415
Pronoun2
- present
Whether the pronoun system distinguishes inclusive ('we incl. you') from exclusive ('we excl. you').
Grambank GB028
- absent
Whether there is a phonologically independent reflexive pronoun.
Grambank GB305
Verb and Valency33
- absent
Whether core adjectives behave like verbs when used as a predicate ('the dog is big' patterns like 'the dog runs').
Grambank GB068
- present
Whether non-pronominal core arguments (S/A/P) carry morphological case.
Grambank GB070
- present
Whether there is a dedicated overt past-tense marker on the verb.
Grambank GB083
- absent
Whether there is a dedicated overt future-tense marker on the verb.
Grambank GB084
- present
Whether the S (intransitive subject) can be indexed by a suffix/enclitic on the verb.
Grambank GB089
- absent
Whether the S (intransitive subject) can be indexed by a prefix/proclitic on the verb.
Grambank GB090
- unknown
Whether there is a benefactive applicative marker on the verb ('do X for someone').
Grambank GB103
- unknown
Whether there is an instrumental applicative marker on the verb ('do X with an instrument').
Grambank GB104
- present
Whether standard negation can be marked by an affix, clitic, or verb modification.
Grambank GB107
- present
Whether verbs carry directional or locative morphology (associated-motion-type marking).
Grambank GB108
- absent
Whether verbs are suppletive for participant number (different root for singular vs plural participant).
Grambank GB109
- absent
Whether verbs are suppletive for tense or aspect.
Grambank GB110
- unknown
Whether there are verbal affixes/clitics that transitivize intransitive verbs (causative-like).
Grambank GB113
- present
Whether there is a copula for predicate nominals ('X is a Y').
Grambank GB117
- present
Whether there are serial verb constructions (two+ verbs in one clause without a linker).
Grambank GB118
- absent
Whether mood can be marked by an inflecting auxiliary verb.
Grambank GB119
- absent
Whether aspect can be marked by an inflecting auxiliary verb.
Grambank GB120
- absent
Whether tense can be marked by an inflecting auxiliary verb.
Grambank GB121
- absent
Whether verb compounding is a regular process.
Grambank GB122
- absent
Whether there are verb-adjunct (light-verb / coverb) constructions.
Grambank GB123
- absent
Whether noun incorporation into the verb is a productive intransitivizing process.
Grambank GB124
- unknown
Whether the unmarked transitive constituent order is verb-initial.
Grambank GB131
- unknown
Whether the unmarked transitive constituent order is verb-medial.
Grambank GB132
- unknown
Whether the unmarked transitive constituent order is verb-final.
Grambank GB133
- unknown
Whether the order of core (S/A/P) constituents is fixed.
Grambank GB136
- absent
Whether prohibitive (negative imperative) negation differs from declarative negation.
Grambank GB139
- absent
Whether there is a morphological passive marked on the lexical verb.
Grambank GB147
- unknown
Whether there is a morphological antipassive marked on the lexical verb.
Grambank GB148
- unknown
Whether there is a morphological inverse marker on the verb.
Grambank GB149
- unknown
Whether there is a switch-reference marker (signals same/different subject across clauses).
Grambank GB151
- unknown
Whether yes/no questions can be marked by verbal morphology alone.
Grambank GB286
- unknown
Whether standard negation can be marked by an inflecting negative auxiliary verb.
Grambank GB298
- absent
Whether there are multiple past or future tenses distinguishing distance in time (e.g. recent vs remote past).
Grambank GB309
WALS
35 featuresMorphology2
- Strongly suffixing
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
WALS 26A
- Productive full and partial reduplication
Reduplication
WALS 27A
Nominal Categories12
- None
Number of Genders
WALS 30A
- No gender
Sex-based and Non-sex-based Gender Systems
WALS 31A
- No gender
Systems of Gender Assignment
WALS 32A
- Plural complete reduplication
Coding of Nominal Plurality
WALS 33A
- Person-number stem + pronominal plural affix
Plurality in Independent Personal Pronouns
WALS 35A
- Inclusive and exclusive differentiated
Inclusive/Exclusive Forms in Pama-Nyungan
WALS 39B
- Two-way contrast
Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives
WALS 41A
- Identical
Pronominal and Adnominal Demonstratives
WALS 42A
- Unrelated
Third Person Pronouns and Demonstratives
WALS 43A
- Interrogative-based
Indefinite Pronouns
WALS 46A
- Case suffixes
Position of Case Affixes
WALS 51A
- No possessive affixes
Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes
WALS 57A
Phonology4
- No fixed stress
Fixed Stress Locations
WALS 14A
- Unbounded: Stress can be anywhere
Weight-Sensitive Stress
WALS 15A
- Long vowel
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems
WALS 16A
- No rhythmic stress
Rhythm Types
WALS 17A
Simple Clauses6
- Mixed
Ditransitive Constructions: The Verb 'Give'
WALS 105A
- Identical to reflexive
Reciprocal Constructions
WALS 106A
- Oblique patient
Antipassive Constructions
WALS 108A
- partially productive
Productivity of the Antipassive Construction
WALS 108B
- Purposive but no sequential
Periphrastic Causative Constructions
WALS 110A
- Neither
Nonperiphrastic Causative Constructions
WALS 111A
Verbal Categories1
- Tense-aspect suffixes
Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes
WALS 69A
Word order10
- No dominant order
Order of Subject, Object and Verb
WALS 81A
- SV
Order of Subject and Verb
WALS 82A
- No dominant order
Order of Object and Verb
WALS 83A
- No dominant order
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb
WALS 84A
- No dominant order
Order of Adjective and Noun
WALS 87A
- Demonstrative-Noun
Order of Demonstrative and Noun
WALS 88A
- Initial interrogative phrase
Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions
WALS 93A
- Other
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase
WALS 95A
- Other
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun
WALS 96A
- Other
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun
WALS 97A
AUS extension
20 featuresCase2
- suffix
Where case marking sits: suffix, prefix, clitic, tone, stem change.
AUS extension AUX007
- nouns-only
Whether both non-pronominal core arguments and pronominal core arguments carry case (so case can differ by word class).
AUS extension AUX008
Demonstrative1
- two
Number of distance contrasts (2, 3+ deictic terms).
AUS extension AUX023
Gender2
- none
Count of gender / noun-class categories.
AUS extension AUX021
- none
Whether the gender system is sex-based or non-sex-based (or absent).
AUS extension AUX022
Negation1
- no
Whether the prohibitive (negative imperative) uses a different construction from declarative negation.
AUS extension AUX037
Number2
- reduplication
How nominal plural is coded: suffix, prefix, reduplication, plural word, clitic, none.
AUS extension AUX017
- person-number-stem+pron-plural
How number is built into independent personal pronouns.
AUS extension AUX018
Numerals1
- restricted/none
Base of the numeral system: decimal, quinary, vigesimal, body-part tally, or restricted (many Australian languages have very small numeral systems).
AUS extension AUX043
Pronoun2
- no
Whether independent 3rd-person pronouns mark gender (he/she).
AUS extension AUX024
- yes
Whether interrogatives ('who/what') double as indefinites ('someone/something') — an 'ignorative' series. Partially derivable from WALS Indefinite Pronouns (interrogative-based).
AUS extension AUX051
Syntax1
- no-dominant-order
Dominant order of subject, object and verb (often 'no dominant order' in free-word-order Australian languages).
AUS extension AUX038
Valency1
- identical
Whether reciprocal marking is identical to, or distinct from, reflexive marking.
AUS extension AUX033
Verb7
- suffix
Where TAM inflection sits on the verb: prefix, suffix, tone, mixed, none.
AUS extension AUX026
- no
Whether there are multiple past or future tenses distinguishing temporal distance (e.g. recent vs remote past) — common in Australian languages.
AUS extension AUX027
- yes
Directional or locative morphology on the verb. NOTE: true associated-motion systems (coming/going while V-ing) are a fine Australianist category that open datasets do not isolate; this uses Grambank's broader directional/locative-on-verb feature as a proxy.
AUS extension AUX028
- no
Whether a verb uses a different root for singular vs plural participant (e.g. 'go.sg' vs 'go.pl').
AUS extension AUX029
- full-and-partial
Whether reduplication is productive and of what kind (full/partial).
AUS extension AUX030
- no
Whether predicates are built from an uninflecting coverb + a small closed class of inflecting light verbs (widespread in non-Pama-Nyungan Australia).
AUS extension AUX052
- no
Whether noun incorporation into the verb is a productive intransitivizing process.
AUS extension AUX053
Dictionary & lexicon
Open lexical resource available — 1 entries, open licence, not yet ingested here.
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Identifiers
Per-facet provenance
- Classification
- Glottolog 5.3 CLDF (CC-BY-4.0)
- Coordinates
- Glottolog 5.3 (CC-BY-4.0)
- Endangerment
- Glottolog AES (CC-BY-4.0)
- Grammar
- Grambank v1.0.3 / WALS 2020.4 (CC-BY-4.0)
- Lexicon
- CC-BY-SA-4.0
- Deep-time
- Bouckaert, Bowern & Atkinson 2018 (Phlorest CLDF, CC-BY-4.0)
- Identifiers
- Glottolog 5.3 + AIATSIS AUSTLANG
Data-completeness for this profile: name, any id, glottocode, iso639 3, austlang, classification chain, coordinates real, coordinates any, endangerment, grammar profile, lexicon data, deep time dated, autonym candidate. Autonyms are unverified candidates drawn from alt-name lists; coordinates carry a provenance flag; a spreading language lineage is not a moving population. Coverage tier: Comprehensive.