Re: Set of basic adpositions

Ph.D. wrote:
> R A Brown wrote:
>> David J. Peterson wrote:
>>> Tok Pisin has two: bilong (genitive), and long (all else).
>>
>> Presumably the meaning is made clearer, if necessary, with additional
>> words such as adverbs.
>
> Tzotzil, a Mayan language of Central America, only has one preposition
> "ta". It can often be used by itself when a more precise meaning is not
> needed:
>
> (All my examples are from http://www.zapata.org/Tzotzil/ )
[snip]

Thanks for the pointer. I've had a quick look, and it seems very
interesting. I must look further.

I notice Tzotzil expresses the genitive (possessive) without using an
adposition (as, of course, do many languages), so I guess "ta" will the
one preposition similar to Tok Pisin's "long."

My original question was prompted by work I've been doing recently on
Piashi (aka BrSc, aka 'briefscript') where I want just a small set of
basic adpositions. One, I guess, is as small a it gets    :)

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