Jennifer wrote:
> Daniel:
> > Let's see if I understand it correctly:
> >
> > Final vowels of >/=3D3 syllable words have low accent.
> > Second vowel have high accent.
> >
> > ___/\______
> > \
> > kunilasapa'a
> >
> > Shouldn't it rather be with a high pitch at the end?:
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> Why? I meant the first diagram, but the third is reasonable too.=20
> perhaps it's the dialect of another island.
Well, only because that if it is the first one, then it looks=20
like there are three tones, but I think that cleared up
in your reply to Pablo.
> > > Nouns:
> > > nominal stems
> > > final vowel > 0
> > > final l > r
> > > final k > h
etc.
I have a similar feature in Rinya, but for the time being
only after the definite article. It would be cool to expand
it a little. I think I will borrow that from you, if that's ok.
> > Could you clarify the case system?
> Mixed ergative/accustive, and the ergative form happens=20
> to be the same as the genitive form. The subject of this=20
> sentence is in the relative case because it has a direct=20
> object. Something like "I see" (an intransitive) would just=20
> be "aminaani" with a personal prefix.
Hey, that's really clever! Very neat. A nice way of telling
people 'hey, there's an object a bit further on.' :)
Daniel Andreasson