WALS Errata
1. Value assignment errors (29)
Ch. 18: Oneida 5 > 2
Ch. 33: Basque 2 > 8 (plural clitic)
Yagaria 2 > 8
Ch. 33: Tshangla 2 -> 8 (Plural clitic) (Andvik 1999: 123)
Ch. 36: Mauritian Creole 3 > 1 (check!)
Ch. 37: Alamblak 2 > 1
Tajik 1 > 4 (No definite, but indefinite article)
Ch. 38: Swedish 1 -> 2 (Indefinite word same as 'one')
Ch. 51: Tshangla 1 -> 6 (Postpositional clitic) (Andvik 1999: 123)
Ch. 57: Yagaria 2 > 3
Ch. 71: Kawaiisu 2 > 4
Ch. 81: Sobei 7 > 2 (SVO)
Ch. 83: Sobei 3 > 2 (VO)
Ch. 86: Fongbe 1 > 2 (Noun-genitive)
Ch. 86: Arop-Lokep 1 -> 3 (No dominant order)
Ch. 87: Mussau 3 > 1 (Adjective-noun)
Ch. 88: Breton 4 > 2 (Noun-demonstrative)
Erromangan 1 > 2 (Noun-demonstrative)
Qiang 1 > 2
Yagaria 1 > 6
Ch. 89: Hanga Hundi 1 > 3 (No dominant order)
Ch. 90: Garo 1 > 2 (Relative clause-noun)
Lisu 7 > 2 (Relative clause-noun)
Ch. 92: Kele 6 > 2 (Final)
Ch. 96: Garo 2 > 1
Ch. 96: Lisu 5 > 1
Ch. 97: Mussau 5 > 3
Ch. 116: Kele 6 > 1 (Question particle)
Yagaria 2 > 1
Andvik, Erik E. 1999. Tshangla grammar. Ph.D. thesis, University of Oregon.
2. Language identification errors (2)
Ch. 74: Gadaba should be "Gadaba (Kondekor)" (this is a language which so far has not been on the list of WALS languages) (WALS code: gdk)
WALS language "Mekens" (WALS code: mek)
Ethnologue (14th ed.): SKF Sakirabiá
Ethnologue (15th ed.): skf Sakirabiá
WALS language "Malagasy" (WALS code: mal)
Ethnologue (15th ed.): plt Malagasy, Plateau
WALS language "Chaga" (WALS code: cga)
Ethnologue (15th ed.): old Mochi
WALS language "Kana" (WALS code: kan)
Ethnologue (15th ed.): ogo Khana
WALS language "Kinga" (WALS code: kga)
Ethnologue (15th ed.): zga Kinga
WALS language "Yi" (WALS code: yi)
Ethnologue (15th ed.): iii Yi, Sichuan
WALS language "Anguthimri" (WALS code: agt)
Ethnologue (15th ed.): lnj Leningitij
WALS language "Marchha" (WALS code: mrc)
Ethnologue (15th ed.): rnp Rongpo
WALS language "Warrwa" (WALS code: wrw)
Ethnologue (15th ed.): wwr Warrwa
WALS language "Eudeve" (WALS code: eud)
Ethnologue (15th ed.): opt Opata
WALS language "Lalo" (WALS code: lal)
Ethnologue (15th ed.): ywt Yi, Xishan Lalu
WALS language "Yuchi" (WALS code: yuc)
other names: Euchee
ISO 639-3 codes to be added (these are languages that are not in Ethnologue)
Karankawa = zkk
WALS language "Coahuilteco" (WALS code: coa)
ISO 639-3 code: xcw
WALS language "Timucua" (WALS code: tmc)
ISO 639-3 code: tjm
WALS language "Chemakum" (WALS code: cmk)
ISO 639-3 code: xch
WALS language "Comecrudo" (WALS code: cmc)
ISO 639-3 code: xcm
3. Language classification/name errors (3)
Johari: should be Tibeto-Burman (Bodic genus) (not Indo-European, Indic genus) without Ethnologue link.
Gadaba: should be called "Gutob" (this is not a real error, but the name "Gadaba" for this Munda language is confusing because there is also a Dravidian language by the name "Gadaba")
Mikarew: should be in genus 53.5 (Mikarew), not in 53.3 (Lower Ramu)
Genealogical classification changes
3.1 Adamawa-Ubangi [now a subfamily, and renamed (without the -an of Ubangian)]
3.1.2 Adamawa
Day
Doyayo
Gula Iro
Koh (Lakka)
Kosop
Lua
Mbum
Mumuye
Mundang
Samba Leko
Tupuri
Yag Dii
3.1.2 Ubangi
Baka (in Cameroon)
Barambu
Dongo
Gbaya Kara
Gbeya Bossangoa
Linda
Ma
Mba
Mdobomo
Mondunga
Mündü
Ndogo
Ngbaka
Ngbandi
Nzakara
Sango
Yakoma
Zande
3.7 Kordofanian [now a subfamily, split into 5 genera]
3.7.1 Heiban
Moro
Otoro
3.7.2 Katla-Tima
Katla
3.7.3 Rashad
Orig
Rashad
3.7.4 Talodi Proper
Jomang
Masakin
3.7.5 Tegem
Lafofa
6.9 Saharan -> Eastern Saharan [rename genus]
7.5 Omotic [now a subfamily, split into two genera]
7.5.1 North Omotic
Dizi
Gamo
Gimira
Koyra
Kullo
Maale
Ometo
Shinassha
Wolaytta
Yemsa
Zayse
7.5.2 South Omotic
Aari
Dime
Hamer
Kefa
Moca
30. Andamanese [split into two separate families, corresponding to the two genera in the book]
new 30. Great Andamanese
new 30a. South Andamanese
40. Tor -> Tor-Orya [rename family and split into two genera]
40.1 Orya
Orya
40.2 Tor
Berik
45.3 Western Sko -> Serra Hills [rename genus]
57.7 Duna-Bogaya -> Duna [rename genus]
57.13 Kutubuan: Fasu should be taken out of Kutubuan and placed in a separate genus called 'Fasu'
57.16 Mairasi-Tanah Merah -> Mairasi [rename genus]
57.19 Timor-Alor-Pantar [split into two genera]
57.19 Kolana-Tanglapui
Kolana
Tanglapui
57.19a West Timor-Alor-Pantar
Kui (in Indonesia)
Woisika
67. Gogodala-Suki [split into two genera]
67.1 Gogodala
Gogodala
67.2 Suki
Suki
72. Elemen [split into two genera]
72.1 Eleman Proper
Orokolo
Toaripi
72.2 Tate
Kaki Ae
78. Baining-Taulil [split into two genera]
78.1 Baining
Baining
Mali
78.2 Taulil
Taulil
82. Solomons East Papuan Family [split into three separate families, each language a separate family with one genus with one language]:
new 82. Bilua
Bilua
new 82a. Lavukaleve
Lavukaleve
new 82b. Savosavo
Savosavo
84.7.8 Yangmanic: Wagiman should be split off from Yangmanic as a separate genus called Wagiman
86. Eskimo-Aleut [split into two genera]
86.1 Aleut
Aleut
Aleut (Eastern)
86.2 Eskimo
all the other lgs listed in WALS under Eskimo-Aleut
128. Subtiaba-Tlapanec: This should have been listed as a genus within Oto-Manguean (124).
143. Sáliban [split into two genera]
143.1 Piaroa
Piaroa
143.2 Saliba
Sáliba (in Columbia)
200. Lule-Vilela -> Lule [rename family]
by Matthew S. Dryer
["I am indebted to Harald Hammarström for helpful advice leading to many of the revisions here from the Genealogical Language List ..."]
4. Feature description error/omission (1)
The text for feature 40 ("Exclusive/Inclusive Distinction in Verbal Inflection") does not mention that only person affixes in "subject" function have been taken into account.
5. Typos (3)
p. 286: runáját > runájiet
jacket back:
demonstrativennoun and nounndemonstrative
p. 367; examples 7a and 7b; ergative suffix: - e > -ɹe
6. References in electronic version
All errors concern Sharma 1989a/b/c and Sharma 1992
Tod: Lists the data source (for velar nasals) as Sharma 1989a, and lists the reference as Sharma 1989c, whereas in fact these should both be Sharma 1989b.
Tinani and Gahri: The references listed are b and c, when it should only be b. And while the data source is correctly b for Matthew Dryer's maps, for both it is incorrectly listed as a for the velar nasal map.
Pattani: As with the last two, the references listed are b and c, when it should only be b. But this time it is right for velar nasal, but wrong for my maps, where (at least for some of them) it is listed as a.
Spitian and Nyamkad: Two references are listed, a 1989d and a 1992. But these are the same source, and the correct year is 1992. There should be no 1989d. Furthermore the data source for chapter 9 (The Velar Nasal) is listed as 1989b. Matthew Dryer's maps are correct as 1992.
Jad: Here the data source (only on Matthew Dryer's maps) and the reference are both listed as a, which are both wrong, since the source is c.
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