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==== Connective ''si='' ==== | ==== Connective ''si='' ==== | ||
Throughout all the Nahenic languages, connectives are used to bind dependents to their heads. Minhast has ''min'', Neina the cognate ''mɯn'', and Nahónda ''na'', to join two or more noun phrases into one cohesive unit. Minhast has one additional connective, ''wa='', which joins non-verbal adjuncts, which may be a single word or an entire NP and/or adverbial phrase. | |||
Nankóre's connective ''si='' has no known cognates, and unlike its sister languages, ''si='' is not restricted to joining NPs or complex, non-verbal phrases. While the dependency relation in a ''si='' construction may be discernible, often the directionality is ambiguous and thus context must be used to disambiguate, or other morphosyntactic devices, such as the co-occurrence of the inverse marker ''ta' '' in possessive phrases. | |||
====Other Particles==== | ====Other Particles==== | ||