Datapoint Chinuk Wawa/Position of interrogative phrases in content questions

Values

Interrogative phrase initial

Example 74-22:
qáta máyka mákmak?
qáta
what
máyka
2sg
mákmak?
eat
What are you eating?
Example 74-23:
qáta wik mamúnk páya ánkati?
qáta
why
wik
not
mamúnk
make
páya
fire
ánkati?
formerly
Why didn’t you cook it beforehand?

Source: Jacobs 1936: 14

Confidence:
Very certain