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Example 66-104
Jalan spanjang elari (aða) ayang baisikal attu ring tabuntur kinna emaati (aða).
[Jalan
[road
spanjang
along
e-lari
asp
-run
(aða)]
(
aux
)]
ayang
chicken
baisikal-attu-ring
bicycle-
indf
-
ins
tabuntur-kinna
hit-
pass
e-maati
asp
-die
(aða).
(
aux
)
The chicken which ran along the road was hit by a bicycle and died.
Comment:
This is the Kirinda version of the sentence (example 2) in Saldin 1996.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Subject relative clauses: Zero and gap
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