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==Syntax and discourse==
==Syntax and discourse==
:''Main article: [[/Syntax|Hantza syntax]]''
:''Main article: [[/Syntax|Hantza syntax]]''
*Animacy and agency
*Definiteness
Focus and topic (thème/rhème)
*Relative clauses
*Subordination and coordination
*Discourse particles


===Word order===
===Word order===
*Default word order: VSO
*Default word order: VSO
*Non-configurational (new news before the verb (often definite), old news after the verb (often indefinite))
*Non-configurational (new news before the verb (often definite)?, old news after the verb (often indefinite)?)
 
===Animacy and agency===
Things go here.
 
===Relative clauses===
Relative clauses
 
===Subordination and coordination===
Subordination and coordination


===Deixis===
===Deixis===
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The obviative is used to discuss something that is either not present or not at the centre of the discourse.
The obviative is used to discuss something that is either not present or not at the centre of the discourse.
===Definiteness===
Definite v. indefinite
===Focus and topic===
Focus and topic (thème/rhème)
===Discourse particles===
How they are used.


==Derivational morphology==
==Derivational morphology==
:''Main article: [[/Derivational morphology|Derivational morphology]]''
:''Main article: [[/Derivational morphology|Derivational morphology]]''
===Nouns===
===Verbs===


==Lexicon==
==Lexicon==
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*Idioms and proverbs
*Idioms and proverbs
*Onomasticon
*Onomasticon
==Dictionary==
#Introduction to the dictionary
#English-Hantza index
#Hantza-English
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==Example texts==
==Example texts==

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