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Example 11-8
Dis
hat man waahn aal di gyal dem.
Dis
dem
hat
hot
man
man
waahn
want
aal
all
di
art
.
def
gyal
girl
dem.
pl
This hot man wanted all the girls.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
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