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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
The word order is strictly SOV, with adverbials generally preceding the nominals followed by the verb. | The word order is fairly strictly SOV, with adverbials generally preceding the nominals followed by the verb. | ||
===Valency=== | ===Valency=== | ||
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| ''sãã ahhoo'' "water is drunk" | | ''sãã ahhoo'' "water is drunk" | ||
| ''*sãã assoo'' (ungrammatical) | | ''*sãã assoo'' (ungrammatical) | ||
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====Topicalisation==== | |||
New non-verbal information is focused by fronting, i.e. introducing the word or phrase earlier in the sentence. This means that the order of subject and object might shift in order to focus on the object. When the object is inanimate inversion is not possible nor necessary, while for an animate object it is. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! | |||
! Normal | |||
! Fronted | |||
|- | |||
! Animate | |||
| ''ao <u>bahbo</u> ohhea'' "Ao was looking at the dog" | |||
| ''<u>bahbo</u> ao ossea'' "it was the dog Ao was looking at" | |||
|- | |||
! Inanimate | |||
| ''ao <u>sãã</u> ohhoo'' "Ao who was drinking water" | |||
| ''<u>sãã</u> ao ohhoo'' "it was water Ao was drinking" | |||
|} | |} | ||