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Example 52-29
kaz-a, sa kaz-a, wonm-an, sa wonm-an, kaz-ya, sa kaz-ya, moun-yan, sa moun-yan
kaz-a,
house-
def
sa
dem
kaz-a,
house-
dem
wonm-an,
man-
def
sa
dem
wonm-an,
man-
dem
kaz-ya,
house-
def
.
pl
sa
dem
kaz-ya,
house-
dem
.
pl
moun-yan,
people-
def
sa
dem
moun-yan
people-
dem
.
pl
the house, this/that house, the man, this/that man, the houses, these/those houses, the people, these/those people
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Invariant plural marking
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural word following the noun
The associative plural: Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker
Definite articles: Definite article distinct from demonstratives
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: Co-occurrence
Syllable codas: Only simple codas
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