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== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
=== Typological overview === | === Typological overview === | ||
Syntactically "Arabic but Austronesian" | |||
Proto-Irenesian had a system of symmetrical voice ("Austronesian alignment") with three cases: | Proto-Irenesian had a system of symmetrical voice ("Austronesian alignment") with three cases: | ||
# direct case: marking the syntactic subject. The verb's voice may promote the direct object to the syntactic subject, or it may promote the indirect object. | # direct case: marking the syntactic subject. The verb's voice may promote the direct object to the syntactic subject, or it may promote the indirect object. | ||