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== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
=== Typological overview === | |||
Proto-Irenesian had a system of symmetrical voice ("Austronesian alignment") with three cases: | Proto-Irenesian had a system of symmetrical voice ("Austronesian alignment") with three cases: | ||
# direct case: marking the syntactic subject. The verb's voice may promote the direct object to the syntactic subject, or it may promote the indirect object. | # direct case: marking the syntactic subject. The verb's voice may promote the direct object to the syntactic subject, or it may promote the indirect object. | ||
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# genitive case | # genitive case | ||
VSO and head-initial but with some tendency to be topic-prominent (unlike Goidelic). Here S is the syntactic subject marked with the direct case. | Proto-Irenesian syntax is VSO and head-initial but with some tendency to be topic-prominent (unlike Goidelic). Here S is the syntactic subject marked with the direct case. | ||
Many daughter languages are SVO and head-initial-ish. Kawenic which has a Uralic-style case system is an exception. | (Many daughter languages are SVO and head-initial-ish. Kawenic which has a Uralic-style case system is an exception.) | ||
=== Nouns === | |||
==== Plurals ==== | |||
==== Possessive suffixes ==== | |||
=== Verbs === | |||
==== Triggers ==== | |||
==== Derivation ==== | |||