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Nankôre is classified as a SOV language. The auxiliary verbs, such as the copula ''itá'', obligatorily appear in clause-final position. Although the core argument NPs do not take any overt case marking, the animacy hierarchy and inverse system usually provide enough information to identify the Agent from the Patient, so OSV orders are also found in speech and text. Although auxiliary verbs are obligatorily clause-final, their head may appear at the beginning of the clause, as in ''Kakno, rihat makshe no itá'' >> seize.3, falcon.AGT mouse.PT SEMBLATIVE COP, lit. "It seizes it, the falcon the mouse in.one.act it.does", i.e. "The falcon seizes the mouse in one fell swoop." | Nankôre is classified as a SOV language. The auxiliary verbs, such as the copula ''itá'', obligatorily appear in clause-final position. Although the core argument NPs do not take any overt case marking, the animacy hierarchy and inverse system usually provide enough information to identify the Agent from the Patient, so OSV orders are also found in speech and text. Although auxiliary verbs are obligatorily clause-final, their head may appear at the beginning of the clause, as in ''Kakno, rihat makshe no itá'' >> seize.3, falcon.AGT mouse.PT SEMBLATIVE COP, lit. "It seizes it, the falcon the mouse in.one.act it.does", i.e. "The falcon seizes the mouse in one fell swoop." | ||