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Non-stressed syllables are reduced. (See [[User:Bpnjohnson/ | Non-stressed syllables are reduced. (See [[User:Bpnjohnson/Adzaac#Phonotactics|Phonotactics]]). | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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====Typology==== | ====Typology==== | ||
The typology of | The typology of Adzaac is predominantly SOV or verb-final. Marked order is OSV. A morphological particle is inserted between the subject and the direct object which is ostensibly a case suffix combined with a case prefix; a different particle is used in marked order. | ||
====Morphosyntactic Alignment==== | ====Morphosyntactic Alignment==== | ||
Adzaac alignment is tripartite, so nouns and pronouns are differentiated for subject, object, and agentive roles by use of case affixes and/or particles. | |||
====Headedness==== | ====Headedness==== | ||
Adzaac is predominantly head-final, and this is reflected in many of its more granular alignments. | |||
====Noun Phrases==== | ====Noun Phrases==== | ||
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====Verb Phrases==== | ====Verb Phrases==== | ||
As mentioned in Typology, | As mentioned in Typology, Adzaac is a verb-final language, and as such, adverbs always immediately precede the verb. In the case of negation, negatives come between the verb and other adverbs. TAM particles, if present, always directly precede the verb after negatives. | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== |