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It's in a sprachbund with [[Kwenya]], a Hellenic language, and [[Anorite]], a Semitic language. | It's in a sprachbund with [[Kwenya]], a Hellenic language, and [[Anorite]], a Semitic language. | ||
Khuamnisht and Greek are the classical languages of Buddhism in Lõis. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Inspiration: poetic English | Inspiration: poetic English, Urdu | ||
Khuamnisht syntax is SOV head-initial like [[Anorite]], but may be OSV or very occasionally SVO. Imperative and optative clauses use VSO syntax. | Khuamnisht syntax is SOV head-initial like [[Anorite]], but may be OSV or very occasionally SVO. Imperative and optative clauses use VSO syntax. | ||
Khuamnisht is never pro-drop: ''Yet ye!'' "Eat!" | Khuamnisht is never pro-drop: ''Yet ye sebedžàt̔as!'' "Eat the vegetables!" | ||
[[Category:Azalic languages]] | [[Category:Azalic languages]] | ||