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Example 66-2
Farida dua pong yang siklatan.
Farida
Farida
dua
two
pong
tree
yang
acc
.
def
si-klatan.
pst
-look
Farida looked at the two trees.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-object-verb (SOV)
Order of cardinal numeral and noun: Numeral precedes noun
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