Datapoint Kriol/Order of adjective and noun
In all varieties, the unmarked word order of adjective and noun in the noun phrase is adjective - noun, but the reverse order is also attested. Most adjectives in Kriol take one of the two suffixes -wan (general) or -bala (only for modifiers in NPs with animate reference and in some lexicalized expressions) which can also be used to derive adjectives from nouns. There are some exceptions, e.g. ol 'old' in Example 21.
Values 
Modifying adjective precedes noun
Frequency: 70.0%
- Example 25-15:
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Wi gan idimbat oldei rowan taga.Wi1pl.inclgancannotid-im-bateat-tr-progoldeialwaysro-wanraw-adjtaga.tuckerWe can’t continue to eat raw food.
Source: Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61
- Example 25-16:
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Dijan bin oldei killim bigwan goana gibit langa im na.Dijanprox:adjbinpstoldeialwayskill-imkill-trbig-wanbig-adjgoanagoannagib-itgive-trlangalocim3sgna.nowThis one always killed big goannas and gave them to her then.
- Example 25-17:
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Olabat bigbala yem.Olabat3plbig-balabig-adj2yem.yamThey are big yams.
Source: Sandefur 1979: 123
- Example 25-18:
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Imin dalim ola lilwanlilwan kokiroj.Im=in3s=pstdal-imtell-trolaalllilwan~lilwanred.little:adjkokiroj.cockroachIt told the little cockroaches.
Source: Bennett 1986: 3
- Example 25-19:
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Ai oldei telim im "Na::, jed Nangari yu bin meikim krai fo jet lil bed."Ai1sgoldeialwaystel-imtell-trim3sg"Na,nojeddemNangariNangariyu2sgbinpstmeik-immake-trkraicryfodatjetdemlillittlebed."birdI always tell him: "No, that Nangari, you made her cry for that little bird."
- Example 25-20:
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dis bigwan mangkidisproxbig-wanbig-adjmangkimonkeythis big monkey
Source: Hudson 1985: 48
- Example 25-21:
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Mela bin kemp theya na, theya, tharrei la [...] ol rod.Mela1pl.exclbinpstkempcamptheyatherena,nowtheya,theretharr-eidist-dirlaloc[...][...]ololdrod.roadWe camped right there, there, that way on the old road.
Source: Angelo et al. 1998
- Confidence:
- Very certain
Modifying adjective follows noun
Frequency: 30.0%
- Example 25-22:
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Thei bin bayimbat ola nyuwannyuwan modiga na. Yu luk olkain modiga nyuwannyuwan la B.Thei3plbinpstbay-im-batbuy-tr-progolaplnyuwan~nyuwanred.new:adjmodigacarna.nowYu2sgluklookolkainall.kindmodigacarnyuwan~nyuwanred.new:adjlalocB.B.They bought new cars then. You look at all the cars that are new at B. (place name)
Source: Angelo et al. 1998
- Confidence:
- Certain