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Example 52-30
timoun-yan kontan jwè
timoun-yan
children-
pl
.
def
kontan
love
jwè
play
Children like to play. OR: Children love playing.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Invariant plural marking
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Plural noun phrase with definite article
Syllable onsets: Onsets at most moderately complex
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