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Example 59-56
ala he pembe ti mbi ape o
ala
2pl
he
ridicule
pembe
teeth
ti
of
mbi
1sg
ape
neg
o
pcl
Please don't laugh at my teeth.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 148
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns: Syncretism between 2nd and 3rd person
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: No dependent person forms
Position of standard negation: After verb plus postverbal object
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