An evidential is a grammaticalized way of encoding whether or not the speaker saw, heard, or experienced the event himself. <br><br>

A ‘yes’ value indicates that the language has a grammaticalized evidential in the form of a verbal affix. <br><br>

For example, in Lezgian, the suffix <i>-lda</i> encodes indirect evidentiality. Thus, the sentence <i>Qe sobranie že-da<b>-lda</b></i> ‘today meeting be-FUT-<b>INDIR.EVD</b>’ means ‘They say there will be a meeting today’ (de Haan 2008).

<br><br><b>Note</b>: Languages which do not have a grammaticalized way of encoding evidentiality will be marked <b>N/A</b>. 

<br><br><b>Glossing Convention</b>: Indirect evidentials will be glossed INDIR.EVD. Direct evidentials will be glossed DIR.EVD. 

<br><br><b>Reference</b><br>
de Haan, Ferdinand. 2008. Coding of Evidentiality.
In Haspelmath et al. 2008, chapter 78.
Available online at <a href=â€http://wals.info/feature/78â€> http://wals.info/feature/78</a href>.	

