Sekhulla: Difference between revisions
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! [[w:Close vowel|High]] | ! [[w:Close vowel|High]] | ||
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] || iː || [[w:Close central unrounded vowel|ɨ]] || || rowspan="2" | [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] || rowspan="2" | uː | | [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]] || iː || [[w:Close central unrounded vowel|ɨ]] || ɨː || rowspan="2" | [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]] || rowspan="2" | uː | ||
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! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | ! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | ||
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*/u(ː)/ is in free variation with [o(ː)] | */u(ː)/ is in free variation with [o(ː)] | ||
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Nouns are not marked for number when using numerals. | Nouns are not marked for number when using numerals. | ||
====Questions==== | |||
Questions are marked by dipping intonation. | |||
===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||
====Part-of-speech modifiers==== | ====Part-of-speech modifiers==== | ||
==== | ====aʃ==== | ||
The causative | The causative enclitic ''aʃ'' can be used productively on any verb, as well as being used nonproductively on some verbs deriving verbs of new meanings. | ||
====-suʃ==== | ====-suʃ==== | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
SVO order is most common, but word order is flexible. | SVO order is most common, but word order is flexible and VSO is also common in western Sekhulla. | ||
===Noun and verb phrases=== | ===Noun and verb phrases=== | ||