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Example 26-1
smal lido ɹak hiʔ [...] ɹol daʊ da ɹuf
smal
small
lido
little
ɹak
rock
hiʔ
hit
[...]
[...]
ɹol
roll
daʊ
down
da
art
ɹuf
roof
Small little rocks hit [...] roll down the roof.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 102
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Definite articles: Definite article distinct from demonstratives
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