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* prefix mania | * prefix mania | ||
* word order is strictly VOS (syntactically ergative; transitive sentences are VOS and intransitive ones are VS); emphasis requires fronting and cleft constructions | * word order is strictly VOS (syntactically ergative; transitive sentences are VOS and intransitive ones are VS); emphasis requires fronting and cleft constructions | ||
** Differential agent marking; | ** Differential agent marking; indefinite ergatives require an ergative particle | ||
* No definite articles | * No definite articles | ||