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request for references of languages that satisfy the criteria set in the question.
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Are there languages that wouldn't use present tense to describe what is in a picture?
Punjabi lacks tense of any kind in most sentences so it kind of does not fit this question well. When you ask about if the same structures are used to indicate something is in the present, strictly sp …
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Languages with Many Color Words for Value or Chroma
Whether this qualifies or not is open to interpretation, but there is a system for describing how saturated a colour is in Punjabi.
Due to a long period of Persian rule historically, about a fifth of …
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Is there any modern Indo-European languages with synthetic passive form
Punjabi and Sindhi both have synthetic passive conjugations for verbs, formed by infixing and shift of stress from the stem to the infix.
An example from Punjabi:
ਖਾਵਣ کھاوݨ (ˈkhā.vaṇ) gerund, “to eat …
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Languages with definite and indefinite conjugation
Punjabi has indefinite and definite verb conjugations, specifically of the subjunctive forms of verbs. An inflecting suffix ਗਾ (Gurmukhi) / گا (Shamukhi) is used for this.
Indefinite:
میں اُتھے جاواں
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Languages with masculine nouns for various female entities, or feminine nouns for male entities
Some Punjabi examples:
مُندیر
A grammatically feminine plural form of "boy," used in contexts like "me and the boys," or even as a substitute for "gang" (rappers like to use this word a lot)
داڑی
The …
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Which non-Indoeuropean languages have noun-adjective agreement?
In Burushaski, adjectives also agree in class/gender with the noun they modify.