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Example 25-20

dis bigwan mangki

dis

prox

big-wan

big-adj

mangki

monkey

this big monkey

Type:: naturalistic spoken
Source:: Hudson 1985: 48

Language:

Kriol by Eva Schultze-Berndt and Denise Angelo

Datapoints:

Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun

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