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Example 66-3
Anak nasi simakan.
Anak
child
nasi
rice
si-makan.
pst
-eat
The child ate rice.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-object-verb (SOV)
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Affix
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