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Example 66-119
Attu orle gope rumana
ta
datang.
Attu=or=le
indf
=person=
quant
go-pe
1sg
-
poss
ruma-na
house-to
ta-datang.
neg
.
fin
-come
Nobody came to my house.
Comment:
This example is in the Kirinda dialect. The feature value applies cross-dialectally, although the specific forms differ.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Co-occurrence with predicate negation
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