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Re: Verb-initial languages

From:Tim May <butsuri@...>
Date:Friday, March 14, 2003, 18:32
Mike Ellis wrote at 2003-03-14 00:47:34 (-0500)
 > 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.
 >
If you're going to recommend Tzotzil, you might include a link to
Sk'op Sotz'leb:

http://www.zapata.org/Tzotzil/

(Tzotzil does have a definite article, though.)

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Elliott Lash <erelion12@...>