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A mostly-analytic language, Eevo (Skellan) is strongly head-initial (with exceptions in poetry). | A mostly-analytic language, Eevo (Skellan) is strongly head-initial (with exceptions in poetry). | ||
==Topic-prominence== | ==Topic-prominence== | ||
Fundamental to Skellan syntax is its topic-prominence. Sentences usually, but not always, use the following word order in main clauses: | Fundamental to Skellan syntax is its topic-prominence, uniquely among Talman languages. Sentences usually, but not always, use the following word order in main clauses: | ||
topic [preverbs] verb subject ... | topic [preverbs] verb subject ... | ||
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The subject will be a pronoun if the topic is also the subject. | The subject will be a pronoun if the topic is also the subject. | ||
Subordinate clauses, which have no topic of their own, use verb-initial word order. | |||
==Noun phrase== | ==Noun phrase== | ||