Re: Copulas

Sally Writes
> I get the strong feeling that "zero copula" is one of the most popular
> conlang
>  features.
>  Teonaht has it, and in my perusal of other's conlangs, I see it all over
the
>  place, like
>  the ergative.  How right am I?  <G>
>
neither are in ned'm.  another thing I ahve noticed to be popular in conlangs
is matrilineal last name inheritance.  Or did I just notice the incidences of
it because they are so non-standard to me?
pacs precs
Joe Mondello