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Pangali, in line with its use of case marking, allows its speakers to vary their choice of word order. That being said, the default and most neutral order is OSV (Object-Subject-Verb): | Pangali, in line with its use of case marking, allows its speakers to vary their choice of word order. That being said, the default and most neutral order is OSV (Object-Subject-Verb): | ||
[ⁿtɛ.mɔˈmi|wa.ᵐpuˈɟi|ka.ɹu.wi.ɹi.ɡaˈvi] | |||
animal-ACC father.ERG CAUS-eat | animal-ACC | father.ERG | CAUS-eat | ||
''The father is feeding the animal'' | ''The father is feeding the animal'' | ||
[ŋa.k͡xu.ɡɔ.maˈmi|wa.ᵐpuˈɟi|i.ɹi.ɡaˈvi|hu|u.na.ŋaˈɡʷu|na.mu.wɛ.naˈvi] | |||
1P.GEN-apple-ACC father.ERG CAUS-eat REL INTRANS-I fear | 1P.GEN-apple-ACC | father.ERG CAUS-eat | REL | INTRANS-I | fear | ||
''I fear that my father is eating my apple.'' | ''I fear that my father is eating my apple.'' | ||