Datapoint Tayo/Order of relative clause and noun

The relative clause always follows the noun. The construction uses either the Ø-marker or the relative particle sa. In decreolized varieties ke can be used.

Values

Relative clause follows noun

Example 57-8:
le mbo ŋgato sa la fe
le
si
mbo
good
ŋgato
cake
sa
rel
la
3sg
fe
do
She/He bakes nice cakes.

Source: Ehrhart 1993: 153

Example 57-9:
se te Tuo le pla:te
se
presv
te
pl
Tuo
Touho
le
si
pla:te
plant
It is the Touho people that planted them.

Source: Ehrhart 1993: 154

Example 57-128:
na lot ŋgarso pu nu ke va amene lja le mata
na
exist
lot
other
ŋgarso
son
pu
prep
nu
1pl
ke
rel
va
fut
amene
take
lja
3sg
le
def.art
mata
morning
Our other son will take him in the morning (lit. There is another son of us who will take him in the morning).

Source: Ehrhart 1993: 219

Confidence:
Certain