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Datapoint Chukchi / Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases

Language
Genus: Northern Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Family: Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Feature
Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases by Bernard Comrie
Value
Ergative - absolutive
References

Examples

-1977

the petrels are flying
qupute t riŋemyetərkət
petrel pl fly.prs.3pl
the reindeer gored the wolf
qaa ta tənpənen ʔiŋə
reindeer erg gore.pst.3sg>3sg wolf
I arrived only yesterday from the tundra
gəm wətku aywe təpkirək amnoŋ gəpə
I just yesterday arrive.pst.1sg tundra abl
what did you do to me? (lit. you whatted me?)
inenreqekwʔi gə nan gəm
what.pst.2sg>1sg you erg I