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Example 64-210
béled de máfi nas biágder ábinu úo íle ítakum dol
béled
country
de
dem
.
prox
máfi
neg
.
exist
nas
people
bi=ágder
irr
=can
ábinu
build
úo
3sg
íle
except
ítakum
2pl
dol
dem
.
prox
.
pl
Nobody can build this country except you.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Manfredi 2005
: 243
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Negative existential construction
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