Re: Lindiga and naturalism
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, May 18, 2008, 23:35 |
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Philip Newton wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Herman Miller <hmiller@...> wrote:
>> Are there languages without irregular verbs? Lindiga verbs are pretty much
>> regular so far.
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> I take it you're only looking for natlangs?
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> There are certainly languages with very few irregular verbs -- for
> example, I think Japanese only has a handful (suru "do" and kuru
> "come" are the obvious ones, and some forms of aru "be, exist" and iku
> "go").
>
> Cheers,
I think Swahili also has very few irregular verbs. "Come" and "go" seem
to be popular verbs to have irregular forms. Lindiga divides up the
motion verbs somewhat differently, but it might make sense for words
like "depart" or "arrive" to be irregular.
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