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===Adverbs===

Adverbs are morphologically verbs.

Adverbs are morphologically verbs and are treated and marked as such.

===Postpositions===

Most adpositional meanings are conveyed with the locative or lative cases, with two exceptions: ''nem'' "from" and ''ze'' "past, beyond". When these two postpositions are used, their head noun takes intransitive marking.

=== Derivational morphology ===

===Numerals and classifiers===

Gwaxol uses base-60 and subbase-6 numerals, with non-compound words for one through twelve and multiples of six up to sixty. Numerals one through twelve agree in gender with their noun.

Inanimate nouns require classifiers when numerated.

===Derivational morphology===

====Reduplication====

Full reduplication is used to broaden adjectives (for example ''töng² töng²'' "somewhat narrow" from ''töng²'' "narrow"), and to derive new iterative or reflexive meanings from some verbs (for example ''har³ har³'' "it returns to it" from ''har³'' "it goes to it").

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==Syntax===

===Constituent order===

Word order is flexible but predominantly [[w:Verb–subject-object word order|VSO]].

===Noun and verb phrases===

===Dependent clauses===

Dependent clauses directly follow the head they modify, and are marked with the particle ''ngë'' both before and after the clause; the head's other dependents then follow the clause.

==Example texts==

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 ===Adverbs===
-Adverbs are morphologically verbs.
+Adverbs are morphologically verbs and are treated and marked as such.
 ===Postpositions===
 Most adpositional meanings are conveyed with the locative or lative cases, with two exceptions: ''nem'' "from" and ''ze'' "past, beyond". When these two postpositions are used, their head noun takes intransitive marking.
-=== Derivational morphology ===
+===Numerals and classifiers===
+Gwaxol uses base-60 and subbase-6 numerals, with non-compound words for one through twelve and multiples of six up to sixty. Numerals one through twelve agree in gender with their noun.
+Inanimate nouns require classifiers when numerated.
+===Derivational morphology===
 ====Reduplication====
 Full reduplication is used to broaden adjectives (for example ''töng² töng²'' "somewhat narrow" from ''töng²'' "narrow"), and to derive new iterative or reflexive meanings from some verbs (for example ''har³ har³'' "it returns to it" from ''har³'' "it goes to it").
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+==Syntax===
+===Constituent order===
+Word order is flexible but predominantly [[w:Verb–subject-object word order|VSO]].
+===Noun and verb phrases===
+===Dependent clauses===
+Dependent clauses directly follow the head they modify, and are marked with the particle ''ngë'' both before and after the clause; the head's other dependents then follow the clause.
 ==Example texts==