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==== Word order ==== | |||
The default unmarked word order in Dhannuá is verb-initial with the object following and optionally the subject may come last (VOS). This is quite an interesting feature of the language considering the rarity of this word order in the world. In reality, word order is slightly freer than say, English, as words are marked for case and verbs may be marked for person. | |||
Emphasis on the subject is common in transitive questions; this is accomplished syntactically by fronting the subject and verb, i.e. using a subject-verb-object word order. | |||
[[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Lúsanic_languages]] [[Category:Indo-European_languages]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Lúsanic_languages]] [[Category:Indo-European_languages]] | ||