Re: Typologic survey, part II

On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:08:51 +0100, taliesin the storyteller
<taliesin@...> wrote:

>---- PART II Conlang Typlogic Survey 2001 ----
>
>House-keeping data
>
>Name of the participating conlang: Banin
>(same as on part I please :) )
>
>2: Order of genitive (G), and noun (N)
>That is: Possessor/owner and possession/owned thing
>
Free order, genitive prepositioned.

>3: Order of adjective (A) and noun (N)
>Does the language have a closed class of adjectives?
>- If yes,
>    - how are they shown? (see question 2 above)
>    - list them
Yes, adjectives end in -u.

Demonstratives are a separate class, for they number-inflect.

The word order in a noun phrase is:

(A)S[A]

in which A=adjective or demonstrative,
         S=substantive or pronoun

() means 0 or 1
[] means 0 or more

>If there is not a separate open adjective-class,
NA

>Regardless of being a separate class or not:
>How are they similar, how do they differ from verbs and nouns?
They take an -u desinence and they are inflexible.

>Can they take a copula (that is: need/don't need equivalent of "to be")?
>---- END part II ----
Not sure if is possible, certainly is not usual.

Luís Henrique