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Example 9-44
Yu hia samtn̩ de krich krich ina mangru.
Yu
you
hia
hear
samtn̩
something
de
prog
krich
screech
krich
screech
ina
in
mangru.
mangrove
You hear a screeching noise in the mangrove.
Comment:
note [skr] > [kr]
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1983
: 34
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Functions of reduplication: Only iconic functions
Syllable onsets: Onsets may be complex
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