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====Typology==== | ====Typology==== | ||
The typology of Nūlaŋguiʧ is predominantly SOV or verb-final. Marked order is OSV. A morphological particle is inserted between the subject and the direct object which is ostensibly a case suffix combined with a case prefix; a different particle is used in marked order. | |||
====Morphosyntactic Alignment==== | ====Morphosyntactic Alignment==== | ||
Nūlaŋguiʧ alignment is tripartite, so nouns and pronouns are differentiated for subject, object, and agentive roles by use of case affixes and/or particles. | |||
====Headedness==== | ====Headedness==== | ||
Nūlaŋguiʧ is predominantly head-final, and this is reflected in many of its more granular alignments. | |||
====Noun Phrases==== | ====Noun Phrases==== | ||
In noun phrases, nouns are always initial, followed by adpositions, demonstratives, numerals, adjectives or adjective phrases, genitive or genitive phrases, and relative clauses. | |||
====Adjective Phrases==== | ====Adjective Phrases==== | ||
In adjective phrases, (adverbial) measurements of degree (very, less, too, &c.) follow the adjective. | |||
====Verb Phrases==== | ====Verb Phrases==== | ||
As mentioned in Typology, Nūlaŋguiʧ is a verb-final language, and as such, adverbs always immediately precede the verb. In the case of negation, negatives come between the verb and other adverbs. TAM particles, if present, always directly precede the verb after negatives. | |||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||