I just posted a bloody reply to this thread. Where is it?! If this one
shows up but not the one before it with all the info, that'll be pretty
damn annoying.
Herman Miller wrote:
>I'd like to look at some verb-initial languages to give me some ideas to
>help out with some aspects of Lindiga grammar. The only ones that I'm
>vaguely familiar with are Welsh and Irish. I'd especially like to look at
>some that don't have articles, especially ergative ones. What would be some
>good languages to look at?
Tzotzil.
Other things I suggested in the vanished post:
- initial copula with particle between noun and predicate
- null copula
- denominaliser makes noun into initial "be" verb: bird-BE-3SG finch-ABS.
M