Glossing
This database generally follows the Leipzig Glossing Rules. In addition, the following abbreviations are used for language-specific purposes.
Special Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| A | set A marker (ergative set) | Mopan Maya |
| B | set B marker (absolutive set) | Mopan Maya |
| CIS | completive intransitive status | Mopan Maya |
| CTS | completive transitive status | Mopan Maya |
| DIS | dependent intransitive status | Mopan Maya |
| DTS | dependent transitive status | Mopan Maya |
| EV | echo vowel | Mopan Maya |
| GROUP | kind, member of a group with -il | Mopan Maya |
| IIS | incompletive intransitive status | Mopan Maya |
| IOPR | independent object pronoun | Mopan Maya |
| IPR | independent pronoun | Mopan Maya |
| ITS | incompletive transitive status | Mopan Maya |
| OBL | obligative | Mopan Maya |
| OST | ostensive | Mopan Maya |
| POSIT | positional | Mopan Maya |
| SCOPE | scope marker | Mopan Maya |
| 1 | feature present, grammatical | Every Language |
| 0.5 | presence of feature or grammaticality uncertain | Every Language |
| 0 | feature absent, ungrammatical | Every Language |
| UP | unclear preference | Every Language |
| P | preferred | Every Language |
| S | secondary | Every Language |
| ND | no data | Every Language |
| NA | not applicable | Every Language |
| U | unclear/uncertain classification | Every Language |