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Example 41-73
kalmunay dika trinkumaal lɔɔnji
kalmunay
Kalmunai
dika
than
trinkumaal
Trincomalee
lɔɔnji
far
Trincomalee is further than Kalmunai.
Comment:
The elicitation prompt for this item was: "It is further to Trincomalee than to Kalmunai."
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 1006
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Comparative adjective marking: Adjective is not marked
Comparative standard marking: Particle marking
Predicative adjectives: Variable copula
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