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The boss dropped to the ground (where the main point of the sentence is to say who dropped to the ground). | The boss dropped to the ground (where the main point of the sentence is to say who dropped to the ground). | ||
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Was the bone being bitten by the dog? | Was the bone being bitten by the dog? | ||
===Wh-Phrases=== | |||
Unlike English, Thangha' is a wh-in-situ language, i.e. it lacks [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wh-movement Wh-movement] e.g. | |||
/kʷəʔˈta ʎə-ˈkəʔta cəⁿ/ | |||
[kʷʊˈtːa ʎɪˈkətːa ceⁿ] | |||
dog-TOP ATEL-bite what | |||
What was the dog biting? | |||
Thangha's equivalents of English "wh-words" are all derived from /cəⁿ/ - "what" e.g. | |||
/cəⁿ ˈbuːmʲəʔ/ [ceⁿ ˈbʉːmʲɪʔ] - "where" (literally "what place") | |||
/cəⁿ ˈɕiːdʑaⁿ/ [ceⁿ ˈɕiːdʑæⁿ] - "when" (literally "what time") | |||
/ˈcənaⁿ/ [ˈcɪnaⁿ] - "who" (a contraction of /ceⁿ ʔaⁿ/ - "what person") | |||
/cəⁿ fʲe/ [ceⁿ fʲi] - "how" (literally "what method") | |||
/cəⁿ ʎəʔˈxʷiː/ [ceⁿ ʎʏˈxːʷyː] / [ceⁿ ʎʏˈɸːyː] / [ceⁿ ʎɪˈɸːiː] - "why" (literally "what reason") | |||