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Example 70-4
Tum sako jao jangal akele suto.
Tum
2sg
sako
can
jao
go
jangal
bush
akele
alone
suto.
sleep
You can go in the bush and sleep alone.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Siegel-field recording
Language:
Pidgin Hindustani
by
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Postpositions
Ability verb and epistemic possibility: Ability verb cannot express epistemic possibility
Syllable codas: Only simple codas
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