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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
:''Main article: [[Sowaár/Morphology]]'' | :''Main article: [[Sowaár/Morphology]]'' | ||
Sowaár is strongly head-marking, like many indigenous languages of North and Central America. More information is conveyed by verbs than in most other languages. Example: | Sowaár is strongly head-marking, like many indigenous languages of North and Central America. More information is conveyed by verbs than in most other languages. | ||
Sowaár has a large number of noun-like constructions which appear on the surface to be phrases, but which are fixed in both meaning and morphology. | |||
Example: | |||
:'''''Sowaár tasr la'dat'oóweyin''''' | :'''''Sowaár tasr la'dat'oóweyin''''' | ||