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# When followed by antitopics, often derogatory in nature, or interjections, e.g. ''Ussar tūmantirektaran hāran, wakkuhakna! >> ussar  tūman-tirek=de=aran hā-ra-an, wa=kuhakna'' ([proper.noun] house-3S.NEUT.ABS+1S.ERG=ERG=DAT come-PAST-TRANS, CONN=idiot)  "Ussar came to my house, the fool!".  Again, this can occur only if the clause is an independent sentence or the final clause in a clause chain.
# When followed by antitopics, often derogatory in nature, or interjections, e.g. ''Ussar tūmantirektaran hāran, wakkuhakna! >> ussar  tūman-tirek=de=aran hā-ra-an, wa=kuhakna'' ([proper.noun] house-3S.NEUT.ABS+1S.ERG=ERG=DAT come-PAST-TRANS, CONN=idiot)  "Ussar came to my house, the fool!".  Again, this can occur only if the clause is an independent sentence or the final clause in a clause chain.


In Minhast, the language is predominantly head-final: dependents precede their heads, e.g. numbers and demonstratives precede their head, ''Sap min redad'' (this man), and postpositions rather than prepositions cliticize to their NPs.  Some exceptions exist, for example, determiners like ''rea'' (all) precede their head, as in ''Rea min redad'' (all men).
In Minhast, the language is predominantly head-final: dependents precede their heads, e.g. numbers and demonstratives precede their head, ''Sap min redad'' (this man), and postpositions rather than prepositions cliticize to their NPs.


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