Datapoint Sango/Order of adposition and noun phrase

There are two prepositions, na, which relates a noun phrase with a verb, and ti, which relates a noun phrase to a preceding noun or a verb. The meaning of na is locative, benefactive, temporal, comitative, associative, and perhaps others. For frequencies in a corpus see Samarin (1967: 98–100). I have the impression that na has a greater functional load than it has in the source language, and it is sometimes not used, as is the case of Ngbandi. The meaning of ti is, comprehensively, genitive, with several associated meanings (see example 16). Its function is quite different from what it is in Ngbandi.

Values

Prepositions

Example 59-16:
lo ke zo ti tengo zo
lo
3sg
ke
cop
zo
person
ti
of
te-ngo
eat-nmlz
zo
person
He's a cannibal.
Example 59-17:
lo gwe lo si na yanga (ti) da ka
lo
3sg
gwe
go
lo
3sg
si
arrive
na
prep
yanga
mouth
(ti)
(of)
da
house
ka
there
She went and arrived at the house there. OR: She went to the house there. OR: She arrived at the house over there.
Confidence:
Very certain