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===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Kaikiwan uses an OVS constituent order. In imperative phrases, OSV is used instead. | Kaikiwan uses an OVS constituent order. In imperative phrases, OSV is used instead. | ||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
====Cases==== | |||
Kaikiwan noun cases are distinguished by a hyphen before the case suffix. This does not appear phonetically- it is entirely an orthographic convention. | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
|+ Noun cases | |||
|- | |||
! Nominative !! Accusative !! Genitive !! Dative | |||
|- | |||
| || ''-we'' || ''-na'' || ''-ō'' | |||
|} | |||
====Noun phrase==== | |||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
===Sentence phrase=== | ===Sentence phrase=== | ||