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Re: Another Thing From Straight Dope

From:daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...>
Date:Saturday, June 17, 2000, 19:30
> Regarding the Inuit words -- almost all of them end in -k or -q, I noticed. > I assume this is a nominative (or absolutive?) marker.
Or probably ergative rather than absolutive in that case (knowing nothing about the Inuit lang). Daniel PS. Sorry if I reply to some very old postings. I've been away for a week, but didn't want to go nomail.