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Example 33-60
Lion
ta montya gazela.
Lion
lion
ta
hab
montya
hunt
gazela.
gazelle.
sg
Lions hunt gazelles.
Portuguese:
Os leões caçam gazelas.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
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