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A mostly-analytic language, Eevo (Skellan) is strongly head-initial (with exceptions in poetry). | A mostly-analytic language, Eevo (Skellan) is strongly head-initial (with exceptions in poetry). | ||
==Topic-prominence== | ==Topic-prominence== | ||
Fundamental to Skellan syntax is its topic-prominence. Sentences usually, but not always, use the following word order in | Fundamental to Skellan syntax is its topic-prominence. Sentences usually, but not always, use the following word order in main clauses: | ||
topic verb ... focus. | topic verb ... focus. | ||