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Example 19-22
Yù si,
dɛ̀nɔ̀ltu
jump fɔ̀ bɔt dì bɔl.
Yù
2sg
si,
see
dɛ̀n-ɔ̀l-tu
3pl
.
emph
.
cpd
-all.
cpd
-two
jump
jump
fɔ̀
assoc
bɔt
hit.with.head
dì
def
bɔl.
ball
You see, they both jumped to head the ball.
Comment:
CPD stands for deleted high tone in ComPounD.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 184
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Dual in independent personal pronouns: Dual form in all three persons
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