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Example 66-69
Anak aayər viiduyang sipicaking.
Anak
child
aayər
water
viidu-yang
glass-
acc
si-piça-king.
pst
-break-
caus
The child broke the water glass.
Comment:
No ergative marking of transitive subject. Object is accusative-marked.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
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