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