Datapoint Eskimo Pidgin/Uses of the progressive marker

There is no grammaticalized progressive marker. The adverb pȗgmȗmmi 'now' may emphasize a progressive sense, but it is not obligatory.

Values

No overt progressive marker

Example 76-1:
wai'hinni artegi annahanna pȗgmȗmmi
wai'hinni
woman
artegi
coat
annahanna
sew
pȗgmȗmmi
now
The woman is sewing a coat now.

Source: Stefánsson 1909: 224

Example 76-37:
kaktuña mȗkki innuk kōpȗk
kaktuña
hungry
mȗkki
dead
innuk
man
kōpȗk
Kōpȗk
People are starving at Kōpȗk.

Source: Stefánsson 1909: 225

Confidence:
Certain