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Proto-Irenesian syntax is VSO and head-initial but with some tendency to be topic-prominent (unlike Goidelic). Here S is the syntactic subject marked with the direct case. | Proto-Irenesian syntax is VSO and head-initial, but with some tendency to be topic-prominent (unlike Goidelic). Here S is the syntactic subject marked with the direct case. | ||
(Many daughter languages are SVO and head-initial-ish. Kawenic which has a Uralic-style case system is an exception.) | (Many daughter languages are SVO and head-initial-ish. Kawenic which has a Uralic-style case system is an exception.) | ||