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Example 41-67
osiirsu fiiyapa portugees nukusava
o$siir-$su
3sg
.
hon
-
gen
fii$ya-$pa
daughter-
dat
por$tu$gees
Portuguese
nu$ku-$sa$va
neg
-know
His daughter doesn’t know [Sri Lanka] Portuguese.
Comment:
Note: $ marks a syllable boundary (Features 118 "Syllable onsets" and 119 "Syllable codas").
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1977
: 146
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of pronominal possessors: Preceding word
Negative morpheme types: Negative affix
Savvy: A savvy word exists
Syllable onsets: Onsets may be complex
Syllable codas: Codas at most moderately complex
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