Datapoint Nicaraguan Creole English/Subject relative clauses

The relative marker huu is a more acrolectal form. (Probably as a result of decreolization over the last few decades, it seems virtually impossible to neatly separate different lects from each other.)

Values

Relative particle and gap

Example 11-287:
Di onli wan huu sen likl ting rait nou [...].
Di
art.def
onli
only
wan
one
huu
rel
sen
send
likl
little
ting
thing
rait
right
nou
now
[...].
[...]
The only one who sends a few things right now [...].

Source: nd

Example 11-288:
Hi woz a tiicha we wud taak Inglish an Spanish.
Hi
3sg.m
woz
cop.pst
a
art.indf
tiicha
teacher
we
rel
wud
would
taak
talk
Inglish
English
an
and
Spanish.
Spanish
He was a teacher who would talk English and Spanish.

Source: nd

Example 11-289:
Di uman we giv mi di buk iz mi frien.
Di
art.def
uman
woman
we
rel
giv
give
mi
1sg
di
art.def
buk
book
iz
cop.prs
mi
1sg.poss
frien.
friend
The woman who gave me the book is my friend.
Confidence:
Very certain