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====Word Order==== | ====Word Order==== | ||
Nankôre's canonical word order SOV, more specifically, SOV<sub>1</sub>V<sub>2</sub>, where V<sub>2</sub> represents the copula ''itá''. Although the core argument NPs do not take any overt case marking, the animacy hierarchy and direct-inverse system of marking usually provide enough information to identify the Agent from the Patient. Thus, OSV<sub>1</sub>V<sub>2</sub>, SVO<sub>1</sub> V<sub>2</sub>, and other orders are found, both in speech and text. When pronouns appear as core arguments, they usually appear after the main verb, resulting in OV<sub>1</sub>SV<sub>2</sub>: | Nankôre's canonical word order SOV, more specifically, SOV<sub>1</sub>V<sub>2</sub>, where V<sub>2</sub> represents the copula ''itá''. Although the core argument NPs do not take any overt case marking, the animacy hierarchy and direct-inverse system of marking usually provide enough information to identify the Agent from the Patient. Thus, OSV<sub>1</sub>V<sub>2</sub>, SVO<sub>1</sub> V<sub>2</sub>, and other orders are found, both in speech and text. When pronouns appear as core arguments, they usually appear after the main verb, resulting in OV<sub>1</sub>SV<sub>2</sub>. Very often, the pronoun cliticizes to the verb: | ||
{{Gloss | {{Gloss | ||
|phrase = Minhaste | |phrase = Minhaste kôryak itá | ||
|IPA = /'minhasʃte 'ko: | |IPA = /'minhasʃte 'ko:rjak ɪt'aʔ/ | ||
| morphemes = minhast kôre ak itá | | morphemes = minhast kôre=ak itá | ||
| gloss = Minhast.language speak 1S COP.DIR | | gloss = Minhast.language speak 1S COP.DIR | ||
| translation = I speak the Minhast language. | | translation = I speak the Minhast language. | ||