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Copular sentences: eta and epsilon should have different reflexes
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A mostly-analytic language, Eevo (Skellan) is topic-prominent and strongly head-initial (with exceptions in poetry).
A mostly-analytic language, Eevo (Skellan) is topic-prominent and strongly head-initial (with exceptions in poetry).


Evolve the syntax from "topic, Irishy sentence about the topic"
==Topic-prominence==
==Topic-prominence==
Fundamental to Skellan syntax is its topic-prominence, a unique feature among Talman languages. Sentences usually, but not always, use the following word order in main clauses:
Fundamental to Skellan syntax is its topic-prominence, a unique feature among Talman languages. Sentences usually, but not always, use the following word order in main clauses: