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====Word==== | ====Word==== | ||
The word is composed out of syllables but has additional properties that set it apart. A word may only end with a nasal or a rhotic consonant. | The word is composed out of syllables but has additional properties that set it apart. A word may only end with a nasal, sibilant or a rhotic consonant. | ||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
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::# The definite and {{sc|possessum}} marker '''a-''' conjures up a glottal stop, e.g. /avan/ -> [ʔavãn] ‘the speech’. | ::# The definite and {{sc|possessum}} marker '''a-''' conjures up a glottal stop, e.g. /avan/ -> [ʔavãn] ‘the speech’. | ||
==Morphology== | |||
===Verbal morphology=== | |||
Verbs are simple. Any noun or root can be turned into a verb by adding '''-a''' for dynamic verbs or '''-e''' for stative verbs. | |||
While there is a morphological opposition between dynamic and stative verbs, there only other verbal inflection is the one for voice '''-s''' (active, mediopassive). | |||
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|dynamic | |||
|stative | |||
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| vana (speak) | |||
| kore (love) | |||
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===Nominal morphology=== | |||
Nouns are unmarked for number but are marked for definiteness and possession (syncretic: '''a-'''). | |||
==Syntax== | |||
===Constituent order=== | |||
The unmarked word order in Van is predominantly (87%) verb-subject-object or '''VSO'''. | |||
===Phrase order=== | |||
Possessors follow their possessum, e.g. ''havan tan'' ‘my language’ (lit. ‘speech I’); | |||
==Sample wordlist== | |||
* sa- ‘not’, prefix | |||
* ta- ‘good’, prefix | |||
* no- general intensifier, prefix | |||
* vańa, -e, dummy verb, a pro-verb. | |||
* jin ‘here’ | |||
* laj ‘song’ | |||
* los ‘end’ | |||
* jan ‘like’ | |||
* jas ‘sight’ | |||
* kon ‘build’ | |||
* kor ‘love’ | |||
* tir ‘see’ | |||
* tor ‘excite’ | |||
* van ‘speech’ | |||
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