Universal #329

Legacy number: 329

 Number  328
 Original  If a verb agrees with a subject in prefix, then verbs have affixes or clitics which agree with the direct object.
 Standardized  IF a verb agrees with the subject by a prefix, THEN verbs have affixes or clitics which agree with the direct object.
 Keywords  verb agreement, subject, direct object, affix-order, prefix, clitic
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Kozinsky 1981
 Source  Kozinsky 1981

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Akoli (E. Sudanic, Nilo-Saharan) (Kozinsky 1981)