Datapoint Palenquero/Focusing of the noun phrase

Nominal clefting has not been studied in any depth in Palenquero. The observations provided here are thus tentative.

Values

Cleft with copula before focus

Example 48-185:
Era Huan kiene asé-ba asé eso.
Era
be.pst
Huan
Juan
kiene
who
asé-ba
do-pst.hab
asé
do
eso.
this
It was Juan who used to do that.
Spanish: Era Juan quien hacía eso.
Confidence:
Very certain