WALS Feature Metadata

Returns information about a WALS feature. Use this to find the possible values the feature can take.

feature_metadata(id)

Arguments

id	Feature's WALS ID, or a vector of IDs

Value

A dataframe with the following columns:

feature_ID

Feature's WALS ID

feature

Feature's name

value_ID

Value ID

value

Prose description of value

Examples

feature_metadata("13A")
#>     feature_ID feature value_ID               value code_ID
#> 205        13A    Tone        1            No tones   13A-1
#> 206        13A    Tone        2  Simple tone system   13A-2
#> 207        13A    Tone        3 Complex tone system   13A-3
feature_metadata("13A")$value_ID
#> [1] 1 2 3
#> Levels: 1 2 3
feature_metadata(c("13A", "9A", "83A"))
#>      feature_ID                  feature value_ID                  value
#> 205         13A                     Tone        1               No tones
#> 206         13A                     Tone        2     Simple tone system
#> 207         13A                     Tone        3    Complex tone system
#> 1024        83A Order of Object and Verb        1                     OV
#> 1025        83A Order of Object and Verb        2                     VO
#> 1026        83A Order of Object and Verb        3      No dominant order
#> 1141         9A          The Velar Nasal        1    Initial velar nasal
#> 1142         9A          The Velar Nasal        2 No initial velar nasal
#> 1143         9A          The Velar Nasal        3         No velar nasal
#>      code_ID
#> 205    13A-1
#> 206    13A-2
#> 207    13A-3
#> 1024   83A-1
#> 1025   83A-2
#> 1026   83A-3
#> 1141    9A-1
#> 1142    9A-2
#> 1143    9A-3