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Example 30-238
Káuberdi éra
berdi
so di nómi.
Káuberdi
Cape.Verde
éra
be.
ant
berdi
green
so
only
di=nómi.
of=name
Cape Verde was green only by name.
German:
Kapverde war nur dem Namen nach grün.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Veiga 1987
: 58
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
'Green' and 'blue': Differentiation
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