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> ---- PART II Conlang Typlogic Survey 2001 ----
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> House-keeping data
>
> Name of the participating conlang:
> (same as on part I please :) )
Ajuk
> 2: Order of genitive (G), and noun (N)
> Is the order GN, NG or both?
GN
> How is it shown?
> - With a suffix on the G, the N, both? On the G.
> 3: Order of adjective (A) and noun (N)
AN
> Does the language have a closed class of adjectives?
No.
> If there is not a separate open adjective-class, what type of words do
> the work of adjectives, verbs or nouns?
There is an open adjective-class.
> Regardless of being a separate class or not:
> How are they similar, how do they differ from verbs and nouns?
Similar to nouns: Marked by case and number with the same affixes that
mark nouns for the same.
Different from nouns: Marked by gender, unlike nouns.
Similar to verbs: Marked by number and gender, and use the same affixes
that mark verbs for the same.
Different from verbs: Also decline by case.
> Can they take a copula (that is: need/don't need equivalent of "to be")?
They can, but in informal speech it is often ommited.
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Robert