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Example 48-62
kasa ri numano mi
kasa
house
ri
of
numano
brother
mi
my
the house of my brother / my brother's house
Spanish:
la casa de mi hermano
Comment:
Note that
ri
'of' is derived from Spanish or Portuguese
de
'of', and its phonetic form alternates between
ri, di, i, re, de, li, le,
etc.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
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Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
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