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Datapoint Dani (Lower Grand Valley) / Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases

Language
Genus: Dani, Family: Trans-New Guinea
Feature
Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases by Bernard Comrie
Value
Ergative - absolutive
References

Examples

note: The ergative case marker is used primarily to avoid ambiguities.

the weather cleared
o palhe
weather it.severed
the pythons ate the people
aphvny palu nen nasukwha
people python erg they.ate
I went
an laky
I I.went
I hit him
an en wathi
I erg I.hit.him
he hit me
an nathe
I he.hit.me