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Example 8-5
Dis
uman waahn wahn kyaar fi bai.
Dis
dem
uman
woman
waahn
want
wahn
indf
kyaar
car
fi
inf
bai.
buy
This woman wants a car to buy.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
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