InS: Interrogative phrases display in situ word order; that is, the IP appears in the same position in a question as would its equivalent phrase in the full-sentence answer to the question.
every child what know.prs.3sg
‘What does every child know?’ (Lūimā Sēripos 2014/17: 2)
what winter-pl hard-pl be-pst-3pl
‘What was difficult during the winter?’ (Lūimā Sēripos 2015/2: 12)
In Northern Mansi, the question word takes the position of the element it substitutes, cf. (1) and (2).