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Example 41-14
isti ooy interumeenti nikaraparsa. isti un coʈʈu taparsa
isti
this
ooy
eye
interumeenti
completely
nikara-parsa.
neg
.
hab
-see
isti
this
un
a
coʈʈu
little
ta-parsa
prs
-see
This eye is completely blind. This one sees a little.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5073
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Antidual of paired body-part terms: No antidual
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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