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Example 73-3
kura bindiziaxun nwibu iskwilada
kura
priest
bindizia-xu-n
bless-
prog
-
3sg
nwibu
new
iskwila-da
school-
acc
The priest blesses the new school.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Muysken 1997
: 395
Language:
Media Lengua
by
Pieter Muysken
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
Marking of patient noun phrases: All patient NPs are marked
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Accusative alignment
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