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Example 38-21
Xafe iske fa namise xozai?
Xafe
why
eli-ske
3sg
-
irr
fa
speak
namisedyi
2pl
xo-sai?
thing-
dem
Why would he say that to you?
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork 1990
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Datapoints:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase initial
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Neutral alignment
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