rarissimum 124: voiceless apico-dental plosive followed by a voiceless bilabial trill behaving as a single segment(see Image) Where found in about a dozen words each…
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rarissimum 124: voiceless apico-dental plosive followed by a voiceless bilabial trill behaving as a single segment(see Image) Where found in about a dozen words each…
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nonesuch 140: number distinction (singular/plural) only on 2nd person pronouns, as well as on determiner demonstratives, and not on any other pronouns (including 1st) or…
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rarum 29: use of metathesis (CV ~ VC) for grammatical purposes, viz. to express distinctions of aspect and/or definiteness, or of word-class (noun-verb) Where found…
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rarum 45: tense not only marked on verbs, but simultaneously on other words too, including nouns (tense agreement?) Where found Kayardild, Lardil, Baagandji, Pitta-Pitta (Australian);…
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rarum 77: object before subject in basic word order Where found OVS: Coos (Coosan);Apalaí, Arekuna-Taupilang, Bacairí, Hianacoto-Umaua, Hixkaryana, Makushi, Panare (all Carib ), Asuriní (Tupi)…
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rarum 93: two object arguments in one construction showing the same syntactic and morphological behaviour as the single object of a primary transitive verb (lgs…
infrequentale (family possession) 109: bound morphology (almost) exclusively prefixal Where found Athabaskan lgs [a family possession?] Domain morphology: inflection Subdomain types of exponents and their…
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rarum 125: when tone is privative, low tone as marked (hence phonologically active) relative to (phonologically inactive) high tone, rather than the other way round…
infrequentale (family possession) 141: gender as an agreement category only of verbs (controlled by subject), but not noun-phrase internally nor with anaphoric pronouns Where found…