The typology of multiple wh-questions and language variation

The aim of this paper is to review the typology of multiple wh-questions in order to describe and classify a language type that has been ignored in the discussion of multiple wh-questions. I argue that, due to specific morphosyntactic properties, languages like Somali and Berber do not allow for multiple wh-questions. It is therefore reasonable to assume that there are primarily two language types with respect to the possibility of multiple whquestion formation. These are the languages which allow only for single whquestions and those which allow for multiple wh-questions.