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Example 69-45
aykum mən mambi man kuraŋ awtɲan
aykum
woman
mən
3sg
mambi
again
man
other
kuraŋ
coconut
awt-ɲan
take-
nonfut
The woman again took a coconut.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own field notes 1985
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-object-verb (SOV)
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Accusative alignment
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