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Order of subject, object, and verb
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Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Example 55-1:
Pol pu bat Zaṅ
Pol
Paul
pu
fut
bat
hit
Zaṅ
John
Paul will hit John.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Language:
Mauritian Creole
Feature:
Order of subject, object, and verb
Source:
Baker 1972
: 102-105
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