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Datapoint Epena Pedee / Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases

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

Examples

the old woman beat the blind snake to death
čõtraa rã́ pa medéwe wɨ pee thaa hi dá
old.woman pl erg blind.snake whip kill obj pst pl
I’m going to Felipe’s
mɨ wã ithée felipe má a
I go fut Felipe loc dat
I killed shrimp this morning
mɨ a púrã pee hí taphéda
I erg shrimp kill pst early
this tiger is killing me, he said
mɨ pee wã́ da a hí na imamá pa
I kill prg decl say pst this tiger erg