This feature (based on WALS feature 93, by Matthew S. Dryer) concerns the position of interrogative phrases (or "wh-phrases") in the clause. In many languages, the interrogative phrase is normally or obligatorily fronted in content questions, i.e. occurs initially in the clause. This is normal in English (e.g. What did you see?) and most other European languages. But in other languages, the interrogative phrase can occur in the position in which it would occur in the corresponding declarative (”in situ”), or in another special position (e.g. a preverbal focus position). Here we only distinguish two possibilities: initial and non-initial (i.e. in situ or in some other non-initial position)
