Universal #1745

Legacy number: 1745

 Number  1740
 Original  There is no language with endoclitics, i.e., clitics inside words do not exist.
 Standardized  There are no endoclitics, i.e., clitics inside words do not exist.
 Keywords  clitics, endoclitics
 Domain  phonology, syntax
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical (according to author absolute)
 Source  Klavans 1979

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Discussion
Counterexamples
In the Vartashen dialect of Udi (Northeast Caucasian) person/number markers can cliticize into the verb, i.e., they can be endoclitics (claim thoroughly defended by Harris 2000).Klavans 1979 herself rejects Zwicky’s 1977 claims that Ngiyambaa (Pama-Nyungan), Beja (Cushitic, Afro-Asiatic), and Hua (Papuan) have endoclitics and proposes different analyses.Portuguese, Bengali [give details – FP]