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1 - animate Particle 1 - Accusative (aux. noun?

)
2 - inanimate Added sentence initially, and takes
3 - godly, inconsevable, unknown the following inflections; r̬yv to bid farewell
- [acc.] is animate / inanimate / unkn te to go
VOS word order; - [acc.] is close / far from speaker r̬yno to move (a person)
Noun | Adjective
No case marking (?) All particles agree with noun too

OVS WORD ORDER >>> VERB-OBJECT AGREEMENT,


THEN OVS > SOV Particle 2 - Focus focus particle wa. implications
Added sentence initially, and takes (usually) the person uses the brush to make a painting
tśi tuka thüḥ the following inflections; - contrasts against others müte łitśinonikü sethüḥ, tśüv ŋüḥ ŋüpa ŋokü
TYPICALLY IN SPOKEN SPEECH, - [foc.] is animate / inanimate / unkn. - subject setter use ACC.C4-brush NOM.C1-person, able.POS do make painting
IF A WORD IS BEING INTRODUCED AS A MAIN TOPIC - [foc.] is close / far from speaker
THE WORD WOULD TAKE THE FOLLOWING INFLECTIONS: focus particle ga. implications 'xwə.çLɨ.xu
-ʰs All particles agree with noun too - represents group 'xə.çɨ.xu
examples: - subject setter 'xə.çə.xu
køly > kølyʰs kolys / kalys noun into adj is irregular 'xa.ça.xu
tø > tøʰs tos / tas forest path (forest = adj) Particle 3 - Locative (aux. noun?) PARTICLE 1: 'xa.ça.su
ʰpotɨʰmi > ʰpotɨʰmiʰs potymis Added sentence initially, and takes - Used for focus marking (wa) 'xa.ɕa.su
the following inflections; kaɕasu -
inspired by au.casualness of speech, - [loc.] is animate / inanimate / unkn. PARTICLE 2: fulɨ
the north dialect could have maybe 4~5 noun endings - [loc.] is close / far from speaker - Used for general subject θuimaeɬ temperature 'xwə.çLɨ.xu kaɲu
that are slang-like, and eventually turn into grammatical features xwuçlɨxu
-ü, -k, -ḥ, -i, -e All particles agree with noun too fuçlɨxu
fuçlɨx
ɨʰpɯfekte nonø hand tecaus hand fuçlɨ
kʰɨɲunɨwɨ kemu skin fuhlɨ
çɨʰpɯfektexe kɨɲunɨwɨ 'xwə.çLɨ.xu asp. lost çɨʰpɯfetexe laɲus to turn, change
çɨʰpɯfektexe kɨɲunɨwɨ L>l 'xwu.çlɨ.xu .xə.çɨ'xu liquids lost C_ kaɲu çɨʰpɯfetexe katɬaɲu animal 'xwə.ɕLə.xu
çɨʰpɯfektexe kɨɲunɨw xw > f 'fuç.lɨxu .xə.çə'xu ɨ>ə kɨɲunɨwɨ tikimi to talk, say
çɨʰpɯfektexe kɨɲunɨ vowel lost _# 'fuç.lɨx .xa.ça'xu ə>a çaʰpɯfetexe luwuk door
çɨʰpɯfektex F lost _# 'fuç.lɨ .xa.ça'su x > s / stressed çaʰpɯfeteke keleɕa to play
çɨʰpɯfekte kɨɲunɨ ç>h 'fuhlɨ .xa.ɕa'su ç>ɕ kaɲunawa ɕaθufeteke mama mother
hɨʰpɯfekte kɨɲunɨ h > lost 'fulɨ .ka.ɕa'su x>k kaɲunawa tati father
ɨʰpɯfekte p > th kaɲunawa kaɲu to crack, break, (chip into)
kalisit arm
lanu meat, muscle
fulɨ ground kaɕasu grass
proto lang doesn't allow R initial

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