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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