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Datapoint Paumarí / Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases

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

Examples

note: Less commonly, the order in transitive clauses is OVS or SOV, in which case A has no case marker, P has -ra acc. With over pronouns, onlypreverbal objects are possible

mother is washing
soko a ki hida mamai
wash itr nth dem.f mother
Dono pinched the other boy
dono a bi ko'diraha 'a ha ada isai hoariha
Dono erg 3sg pinch asp th.m dem.m child other
I went up the bank
ho vani o gai mori 'i ki
I ctr 1sg mot uphill asp nth
I will try it next
ho maina o kaijo'a ki ida
I next 1sg try nth dem.f
your mothers are bewailing you
kada amia adani a'oni ra va ka asara ra
your mother dem.pl you acc 3pl tr cry immed