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Belizean Creole
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Syllable codas
Examples
I gat mora wan tiŋ
we
a de tiŋk bowt.
I
it
gat
got
mora
more.of
wan
one
tiŋ
thing
[we
[
rel
a
1sg
de
prog
tiŋk
think
bowt
about
_].
_]
There is more than one thing that I'm thinking about.
See
Escure 2004
: 531
Da me no aksidɛn fu mek di baadj gon down.
Da
top
me
ant
no
neg
aksidɛn
accident
fu
for
mek
make
di
the
baadj
barge
gon
go
down.
down
It was not an accident that caused the barge to sink.
See
Escure 1992
Di dans had tu brok op.
Di
the
dans
dance
had
had
tu
to
brok
break
op.
up
The dance had to stop.
See
Escure 1999
: 178
pap, krab, lɛf, tiyf, hiyv, staat, bɛd, pleys, mows, soprayz, biʧ, baadj, jowk, karɛk, dɔg
pap,
pop
krab,
crab
lɛf,
leave
tiyf,
steal
hiyv,
heave
staat,
start
bɛd,
bed
pleys,
place
mows,
most
soprayz,
surprised
biʧ,
bitch
baadj,
barge
jowk,
joke
karɛk,
correct
dɔg
dog
pop, crab, leave, steal, heave, start, bed, place, most, surprised, bitch, barge, joke,contract, correct, dog
ʃrimp
ʃrimp
shrimp
shrimp
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