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Example 66-121
Rihan-ka(ka), mari nasi məmakan na.
Rihan-ka(ka),
Rihan-
voc
mari
let’s
nasi
rice
mə-makan-na.
inf
-eat-
dat
Brother Rihan, come eat rice.
Comment:
In the Kirinda dialect, there are kinship vocative suffixes. Other dialect areas have not yet been investigated for this feature.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Vocative markers: Optional vocative marker following noun
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