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The [[Antarctican]] language has many regional varieties, mainly distinguished by vocabulary (borrowed from other local languages spoken in the area). It is much less common for regional varieties of [[Antarctican]] to differ in their syntax and phonology. Indeed, the local languages spoken across Antarctica almost always share certain syntactic and phonological features, forming a very strong Sprachbund {{lg|Sprachbund}}. Even though most of these languages are descended from completely unrelated languages from across the world, over time, they have converged to acquire certain areal features. Some examples of these are: | |||
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*Ergative-absolutive | *Ergative-absolutive case marking on nouns (if any is present at all). | ||
*A complete lack of number agreement on verbs, and no comprehensive marking of plurality on nouns (only ever specific categories of nouns). | *A complete lack of number agreement on verbs, and no comprehensive marking of plurality on nouns (only ever specific categories of nouns). | ||
*Tense and aspect are not consistently marked on verbs, if they are marked at all. | *Tense and aspect are not consistently marked on verbs, if they are marked at all. | ||
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*Inclusive and exclusive 'we', with no distinction made between exclusive 'we' and 'I'. | *Inclusive and exclusive 'we', with no distinction made between exclusive 'we' and 'I'. | ||
*Head initial syntax. | *Head initial syntax. | ||
[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]] | |||