Polar Questions WALS

In-depth description: Only at WALS
Values:
Conlangs:
Question particle (338 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (93 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (24 languages)
Interrogative word order (29 languages)
Absence of declarative morphemes (2 languages)
Interrogative intonation only (45 languages)
No interrogative-declarative distinction (12 languages)
Natlangs:
Question particle (80 languages)
Interrogative verb morphology (16 languages)
Mixture of previous two types (2 languages)
Interrogative word order (3 languages)
Absence of declarative morphemes (0 languages)
Interrogative intonation only (17 languages)
No interrogative-declarative distinction (1 language)
Pygal0040408080120120160160200200240240280280320320Question partic…Question particleInterrogative v…Interrogative verb morphologyMixture of prev…Mixture of previous two typesInterrogative w…Interrogative word orderAbsence of decl…Absence of declarative morphemesInterrogative i…Interrogative intonation onlyNo interrogativ…No interrogative-declarative distinction33842.230769230769226247.5Question particle93142.78021978021977420.0008534365043Interrogative verb morphology24243.32967032967034468.5827264451525Mixture of previous two types29343.8791208791208465.06230086481565Interrogative word order2444.4285714285714484.0725989986345Absence of declarative morphemes45544.978021978022453.7969390077378Interrogative intonation only12645.5274725274726477.0317478379609No interrogative-declarative distinction8086.47252747252747429.15395994538005Question particle16187.02197802197801474.2154073736914Interrogative verb morphology2287.57142857142856484.0725989986345Mixture of previous two types3388.12087912087907483.36851388256713Interrogative word order0488.67032967032964485.4807692307692Absence of declarative morphemes17589.2197802197802473.511322257624Interrogative intonation only1689.7692307692308484.7766841147019No interrogative-declarative distinctionConlangNatlang