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Example 68-36
Ibu ibu suka cari dorang pung suami di situ.
Ibu~ibu
pl
~mother
suka
like
cari
search.for
dorang
3pl
pung
poss
suami
husband
di
loc
situ.
there
Married women search for their husbands there.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Scott 2008
: 406
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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