Wilson River (Grey Range)
Autonym candidate: Baddyeri unverified — from alt-names· 29 name candidates recorded
Classification
Glottolog family treeCountry & location
Glottolog point-27.5800, 142.4500
Provenance: glottolog
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Grammar profile
55 coded · 37 unknown29 Grambank + 16 WALS — 92 coded features in total across 66 Grambank, 16 WALS, 10 AUS extension.
Grambank’s 195 variables are a cross-linguistic baseline— a fixed questionnaire asked of every language — not “the grammar” of Wilson River (Grey Range). Read each cell as an answer to a standard typological question. Compare languages in the grammar lens →
Showing 92 of 92 coded features.
Grambank
66 featuresClause and Syntax10
- unknown
Order of numeral and noun in the noun phrase: 1=Numeral-Noun, 2=Noun-Numeral, 3=both orders occur.
Grambank GB024
- 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
- present
Whether yes/no questions can be marked by intonation alone.
Grambank GB257
- absent
Whether content interrogatives normally stay in situ (not fronted).
Grambank GB326
- unknown
Whether a relative clause can follow its head noun.
Grambank GB327
- unknown
Whether a relative clause can precede its head noun.
Grambank GB328
- unknown
Whether there are internally-headed relative clauses.
Grambank GB329
- unknown
Whether there are correlative relative clauses.
Grambank GB330
- unknown
Whether there are non-adjacent (extraposed) relative clauses.
Grambank GB331
Demonstrative1
- unknown
Whether demonstratives make three or more distance contrasts (e.g. near/mid/far).
Grambank GB035
Nominal16
- unknown
Whether the language has a definite or specific article (a grammatical word like English 'the').
Grambank GB020
- unknown
Whether indefinite nominals commonly take an indefinite article (like English 'a/an').
Grambank GB021
- unknown
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 an action/state noun can be productively derived from a verb (e.g. 'run' -> 'running').
Grambank GB047
- absent
Whether an agent noun can be productively derived from a verb (e.g. 'teach' -> 'teacher').
Grambank GB048
- absent
Whether an object/result noun can be productively derived from a verb.
Grambank GB049
- unknown
Whether the language has numeral classifiers (a sortal element required when counting).
Grambank GB057
- unknown
Whether the language has possessive classifiers.
Grambank GB058
- unknown
Unmarked order of possessor noun and possessed noun: 1=Possessor-Possessed, 2=Possessed-Possessor, 3=both.
Grambank GB065
- unknown
Whether an adjective-like property word can agree with its noun in gender/noun class.
Grambank GB170
- unknown
Order of adjective-like property word and noun: 0=not used attributively, 1=Adj-N, 2=N-Adj, 3=both.
Grambank GB193
- absent
Whether there is a clause-initial yes/no question particle.
Grambank GB262
- absent
Whether there is a clause-final yes/no question particle.
Grambank GB263
- absent
Whether there is a yes/no question particle sitting neither clause-initially nor clause-finally.
Grambank GB264
- present
Whether standard negation can be marked by a non-inflecting negative particle.
Grambank GB299
Numerals2
- unknown
Whether the numeral system is decimal (base 10).
Grambank GB333
- unknown
Whether there is any synchronic evidence of a quinary (base 5) element.
Grambank GB334
Other5
- unknown
Whether noun-conjoining ('X and Y') and comitative ('X with Y') use different markers.
Grambank GB027
- absent
Whether the language has prepositions.
Grambank GB074
- unknown
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 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
- unknown
Whether there is a phonologically independent reflexive pronoun.
Grambank GB305
Verb and Valency30
- absent
Whether core adjectives behave like verbs when used as a predicate ('the dog is big' patterns like 'the dog runs').
Grambank GB068
- unknown
Whether the A (transitive subject) can be indexed by a suffix/enclitic on the verb.
Grambank GB091
- unknown
Whether the A (transitive subject) can be indexed by a prefix/proclitic on the verb.
Grambank GB092
- unknown
Whether the P (transitive object) can be indexed by a suffix/enclitic on the verb.
Grambank GB093
- unknown
Whether the P (transitive object) can be indexed by a prefix/proclitic on the verb.
Grambank GB094
- 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
- unknown
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 bound (affixal) reflexive marker on the verb.
Grambank GB114
- present
Whether there is a bound (affixal) reciprocal marker on the verb.
Grambank GB115
- unknown
Whether there are serial verb constructions (two+ verbs in one clause without a linker).
Grambank GB118
- present
Whether verb compounding is a regular process.
Grambank GB122
- unknown
Whether there are verb-adjunct (light-verb / coverb) constructions.
Grambank GB123
- unknown
Whether noun incorporation into the verb is a productive intransitivizing process.
Grambank GB124
- present
Whether the unmarked transitive constituent order is verb-initial.
Grambank GB131
- absent
Whether the unmarked transitive constituent order is verb-medial.
Grambank GB132
- absent
Whether the unmarked transitive constituent order is verb-final.
Grambank GB133
- absent
Whether the order of core (S/A/P) constituents is fixed.
Grambank GB136
- unknown
Whether prohibitive (negative imperative) negation differs from declarative negation.
Grambank GB139
- present
Whether there is a morphological passive marked on the lexical verb.
Grambank GB147
- present
Whether there is a morphological antipassive marked on the lexical verb.
Grambank GB148
- unknown
Whether there is a switch-reference marker (signals same/different subject across clauses).
Grambank GB151
- present
Whether causatives are formed by affixes/clitics on the verb.
Grambank GB155
- absent
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
- present
Whether there are multiple past or future tenses distinguishing distance in time (e.g. recent vs remote past).
Grambank GB309
WALS
16 featuresNominal Categories2
- Case suffixes
Position of Case Affixes
WALS 51A
- Differentiation
Comitatives and Instrumentals
WALS 52A
Phonology4
- Initial
Fixed Stress Locations
WALS 14A
- Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity)
Weight-Sensitive Stress
WALS 15A
- No weight
Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems
WALS 16A
- Trochaic
Rhythm Types
WALS 17A
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
- Mixed
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
10 featuresCase2
- suffix
Where case marking sits: suffix, prefix, clitic, tone, stem change.
AUS extension AUX007
- differentiated
Whether 'with (accompaniment)' and 'with (instrument)' use the same or different marking — a much-discussed Australianist parameter.
AUS extension AUX009
Pronoun1
- no
Whether independent 3rd-person pronouns mark gender (he/she).
AUS extension AUX024
Syntax1
- no-dominant-order
Dominant order of subject, object and verb (often 'no dominant order' in free-word-order Australian languages).
AUS extension AUX038
Valency4
- yes
A phonologically bound reflexive marker on the verb (e.g. Kuku Yalanji -ji-).
AUS extension AUX031
- yes
A phonologically bound reciprocal marker on the verb (e.g. Kuku Yalanji -wa-).
AUS extension AUX032
- yes
A morphological antipassive on the lexical verb (demotes P; salient in ergative languages).
AUS extension AUX034
- yes
Whether causatives are formed by an affix/clitic on the verb.
AUS extension AUX035
Verb2
- yes
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
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.