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Obligatory Possessive Inflection WALS

Whether the language has a subset of nouns that are inalienably possessed or not.

1. Exists

There are inalienably possessed nouns, where the possessor is marked with an obligatory and explicit inflection.

2. Absent

If there are inalienably possessed nouns, the inflection is not obligatory/explicit, or not an inflection.

In-depth description:

At WALS

ValuesConlangsNatlangs
Exists 147 15
Absent 525 96
Pygal00100100200200300300400400500500ExistsAbsent147112.61538461538461418.8461538461538Exists525464.53846153846155247.5Absent15267.46153846153845478.68131868131866Exists96619.3846153846154441.9642857142857AbsentConlangNatlang