Rara #91

Legacy number: 91

 Number  91
 Phenomenon  double-oblique alignment, with one case (or other coding device) for both subject and object in transitive clauses and another case (or other coding device) for intransitive subject
 Found in  Rushan and a few other Pamir lgs (Iranian, IE) as well as a few neighbouring Dardic lgs (Indic or Iranian, IE)
 Domain  syntax — grammatical relations: alignment
 Type  rarissimum
 Keywords  double-oblique alignment
 Source  Payne, John R. (1980). The decay of ergativity in Pamir languages. Lingua 51: 147-186.
 Violates  none?

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