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==Syntax==
==Syntax==


Shumian is consistently head-final.
Word order is SVO; adjectives and relative clauses come before nouns; there are postpositions instead of prepositions; determiners and classifiers are placed before the noun; complementizers are head-initial.


===Constituent order===
===Constituent order===