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===Possession===
===Possession===


Kämpya distinguishes alienable and alienable possession. In both cases, possessors are marked with the cliticised case marker /ja/, and come before the noun they possess. But inalienable possessors are in Tone Class 2 e.g.
Kämpya distinguishes alienable and inalienable possession. In both cases, possessors are marked with the cliticised case marker /ja/, and come before the noun they possess. But inalienable possessors are in Tone Class 2 e.g.


/kʰwèi̤=já áˈjòṳ/
/kʰwèi̤=já áˈjòṳ/
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This bone of the dog's (literally "the dog's this bone").
This bone of the dog's (literally "the dog's this bone").


===Relative Clauses===
===Relative Clauses===