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Example 76-1
wai'hinni artegi annahanna pȗgmȗmmi
wai'hinni
woman
artegi
coat
annahanna
sew
pȗgmȗmmi
now
The woman is sewing a coat now.
Comment:
The first and third words are of Hawaiian origin. The second and fourth words are of Eskimo origin.
Type:
reconstructed by documentalist
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
: 224
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
by
Hein van der Voort
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Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-object-verb (SOV)
Definite articles: Neither definite nor indefinite article
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: No TAM markers
Uses of the progressive marker: No overt progressive marker
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