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Coming from named places
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No adpositional/case marking Frequency: 56.2%
Example 5-136:
mi moda kom Gaiyana laang taim
mi
1sg
.
poss
moda
mother
kom
come
Gaiyana
Guyana
laang
long
taim
time
My mother came to Guyana a long time ago.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Preposition Frequency: 43.8%
Example 5-137:
mi moda kom
a
Gaiyana laang taim
mi
1sg
.
poss
moda
mother
kom
come
a
prep
Gaiyana
Guyana
laang
long
taim
time
My mother came to Guyana a long time ago.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Language:
Creolese
Feature:
Coming from named places
Source:
Own knowledge
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