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====Word Order====

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 for emphasis, as in ''Kakno, rihat makshe no itá'' >> seize.3, falcon.AGT mouse.PT SEM 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." Note that the fronted verb is followed by an audible pause.

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, the main verb may appear at the beginning of the clause for emphasis, as in ''Kakno, rihat makshe no itá'' >> seize.3, falcon.AGT mouse.PT SEM 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." Note that the fronted verb is followed by an audible pause.

As in many SOV languages, modifiers precede their heads, e.g. ''Shirkosh shi=rohpa,'' "This fine foreign cloth" (lit. "Foreigner fine.cloth").

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 ====Word Order====
-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 for emphasis, as in ''Kakno, rihat makshe no itá'' >> seize.3, falcon.AGT mouse.PT SEM 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."  Note that the fronted verb is followed by an audible pause.
+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, the main verb may appear at the beginning of the clause for emphasis, as in ''Kakno, rihat makshe no itá'' >> seize.3, falcon.AGT mouse.PT SEM 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."  Note that the fronted verb is followed by an audible pause.
 As in many SOV languages, modifiers precede their heads, e.g. ''Shirkosh shi=rohpa,'' "This fine foreign cloth" (lit. "Foreigner fine.cloth").