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Example 48-75
A-ten má bitamina.
A-ten
?-have
má
more
bitamina.
vitamin
It has (contains) more vitamins.
Spanish:
Tiene más vitaminas.
Comment:
The function (if any) of the initial
a-
remains a mystery (the question mark stands for that). In fact, it is not even 100% clear whether it should be segmented
a-ta
or
ata
(2 morphemes vs. 1).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
cite
Datapoints:
Comparative adjective marking: Adjective is marked
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