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Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Syllable onsets
Examples
I come to Nassau
fr
om I was
sm
all like [...].
I
1sg
.
sbj
come
come[
pfv
]
to
to
Nassau
Nassau
from
from
I
1sg
.
sbj
was
cop
.
pst
small
small
[...].
[...]
I came to Nassau when I was still a child [...].
[...] between
Bl
ue Hill Road and Market
Str
eet, you know?
[...]
[...]
between
between
Blue
Blue
Hill
Hill
Road
Road
and
and
Market
Market
Street
Street
[...]?
[...]
[...] between Blue Hill Road and Market Street [...]?
They
tr
y to
st
op me
dr
y his
cl
othes.
They
3pl
.
sbj
try
try[
hab
.
pst
]
to
to
stop
stop
me
1sg
.
obj
dry
dry
his
3sg
.
m
.
poss
clothes.
clothes
They tried to stop me from drying his clothes.
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