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 modal verb. <br><br>

For example, Dutch <i>moet</i> ‘must’ encodes indirect evidentiality. The sentence <i>Het moet een goede film zijn</i> ‘it must a good film be’ can mean ‘It is said to be a good film.’ That is the speaker indicates that his evidence for the film being good is indirect (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>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>.	

