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Saxuma is primarily ergative/absolutive-aligned, and so instead of S, O, and V, we will use the abbreviations E, A, and O. The basic unmarked sentence structure of Saxuma is EVA for transitive statements, and VA for intransitive statements. In these unmarked structures, the absolutive case is not explicitly marked, and instead the Direct case is used. Word order is very flexible though, allowing for AVE, VAE, and AEV orderings. AVE order requires that the absolutive be explicitly marked, and it is usually marked in VAE and AEV. | Saxuma is primarily ergative/absolutive-aligned, and so instead of S, O, and V, we will use the abbreviations E, A, and O. The basic unmarked sentence structure of Saxuma is EVA for transitive statements, and VA for intransitive statements. In these unmarked structures, the absolutive case is not explicitly marked, and instead the Direct case is used. Word order is very flexible though, allowing for AVE, VAE, and AEV orderings. AVE order requires that the absolutive be explicitly marked, and it is usually marked in VAE and AEV. | ||