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in a specific way, such as negation, position, temporal deixis, definiteness, number (singular vs

plural), and honorific. A root with prefixes is analogous to a phrase in Early Middle Japanese.

Prefixes, when attached to the first root of the sentence, are understood to modify the

whole word.

===The mechanics of root combinations===

Roots combine in a semantic way, later roots within a word constrain earlier ones, and the first

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| Touh || Third person pronoun

|-

| Pen || Prominent third person pronoun; implies the topic or otherwise notable person. For when

| Pen || Prominent third person pronoun; implies the topic or otherwise notable person. For when the subject and object are both third person.

the subject and object are both third person.

|}

===Verbs===

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==Example texts==

===UDHR Article 1 first sentence===

'''Watengman raihkorokostaengrouptouh ketensotnom kokesotrokumsek taohpiertouh.'''

===Gloss===

Wa:teng-man raih-ko:ro:kos-taeng-roup-touh ke:ten-sot-nom ko:ke:sot-ro:kum-sek taoh-pier-touh. <br>

TOPIC:all-human free-and:NEG:rank-REL-possess-3 DEF:thing-respect-name and:DEF:respect-NEG:can-cut passive-bear-3.

==Other resources==

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 in a specific way, such as negation, position, temporal deixis, definiteness, number (singular vs
 plural), and honorific. A root with prefixes is analogous to a phrase in Early Middle Japanese.
+Prefixes, when attached to the first root of the sentence, are understood to modify the
+whole word.
 ===The mechanics of root combinations===
 Roots combine in a semantic way, later roots within a word constrain earlier ones, and the first
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 | Touh || Third person pronoun
 |-
-| Pen || Prominent third person pronoun; implies the topic or otherwise notable person. For when
+| Pen || Prominent third person pronoun; implies the topic or otherwise notable person. For  when the subject and object are both third person.
-the subject and object are both third person.
 |}
 ===Verbs===
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 ==Example texts==
-<!-- An example of a translated or unique text written in your language. Again, it is recommended that you make sure that the phonology, constraints, phonotactics and grammar are more or less finished before writing. -->
+===UDHR Article 1 first sentence===
+'''Watengman raihkorokostaengrouptouh ketensotnom kokesotrokumsek taohpiertouh.'''
+===Gloss===
+Wa:teng-man raih-ko:ro:kos-taeng-roup-touh ke:ten-sot-nom ko:ke:sot-ro:kum-sek taoh-pier-touh. <br>
+TOPIC:all-human free-and:NEG:rank-REL-possess-3 DEF:thing-respect-name and:DEF:respect-NEG:can-cut passive-bear-3.
 ==Other resources==
 <!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. -->