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* [[User:MIGUELbM/Muna_v3.0/Syntax_testing|Syntax testing]]
* [[User:MIGUELbM/Muna_v3.0/Coverb_reference|Coverb reference]]
== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==


'''Consonants'''
 
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'''Vowels'''
 
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=== Phonotactics ===
=== Phonotactics ===
Syllables are minimally V and maximally CrVVK
Syllables are minimally V and maximally CrVVK
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|+Syllable structure
|+Syllable structure
! colspan="4" |Syllable
! colspan="4" |Syllable
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=== Relative ===
=== Relative ===


Muna uses a VSO
Muna uses a gapping strategy with a participle marking in the verb


;Subject
:[late come-{{sc|ptcp}}] girl-{{sc|agt}} sad
:[girl-{{abbtip|Agentive|agt|sc}} late came-{{abbtip|Participle|ptcp|sc}}] sad
:''The girl [who came late] is sad.''
:''The girl [who came late] is sad.''
;Direct object
:I gave a rose to the girl [that Kate saw].
:I girl rose give
;Indirect object
:John knows the girl [I wrote a letter to].
:john girl know
;Oblique
:I found the rock [which the robbers had hit John over the head with].
:I rock found
;Genitive
:The girl [whose father died] told me she was sad.
:girl I tell
;Obj of Comp
:The first person [I can't run faster than] will win a million dollars.
: first person million dollars win


=== Comparative ===
=== Comparative ===