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Para-linguistic usages of clicks
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Clicks can express only affective meanings
Example 19-203:
È gɛt ɔda human [
chip
], wì bìn gɛt bɔ̀kú problema [...].
È
3sg
.
sbj
gɛt
get
ɔda
other
human
woman
[chip],
[chip]
wì
1pl
bìn
pst
gɛt
have
bɔ̀kú
many
problema
problem
[...].
[...]
He got another woman [chip], we had many problems [...].
Example 19-204:
[
chip
] muv, kɔ̀mɔ́t ya!
[chip]
[chip]
muv,
move
kɔ̀mɔ́t
go.out
ya!
here
[chip] move, get away from here!
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
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Language:
Pichi
Feature:
Para-linguistic usages of clicks
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