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Indirect objects, oblique objects and comparatives' objects cannot be relativized. <br> | Indirect objects, oblique objects and comparatives' objects cannot be relativized. <br> | ||
An ergative can be promoted (passivized) to an absolutive through an antipassive (suffix -(i)si) before the person-number-mood suffix. | An ergative can be promoted (passivized) to an absolutive through an antipassive (suffix -(i)si) before the person-number-mood suffix. <br> | ||
Titles come before nouns, and geographic names, after the noun that characterizes it e.g. Iluuhuusaji Muppak (North Sea). | |||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
The basic word order is relatively free due to grammatical cases, but it's generally VSO. | The basic word order is relatively free due to grammatical cases, but it's generally VSO. | ||