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Re: Typologic survey, part I

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Sunday, January 28, 2001, 1:01
Marvelous idea!

>---- PART I Conlang Typlogic Survey 2001 ---- > >House-keeping data > >Name of the participating conlang: Kash, or properly _sende kash holunda
veluwi_ "Kash language of Holunda Velu"
>Name/id of the creators: Roger Mills >Name/id of the submitter, if different from the creator: n/a >Place used, if any: a planet called Cindu [tSindu] of uncertain location. >Web-address with more information, if any: no >Type of language as per Rick Harrison's system[2]: 2.1.2-- with stuctural
influences from Malay/Indonesian, and occasional "accidental" vocab. resemblances
>1: Word order of Subject (S), Object (O) and Verb (V) >The possible orders are: SVO/SOV/VSO/VOS/OSV/OVS/free/doesn't apply >Which order(s) is/are most common? Usually SVO or VOS; colloquial Kash
probably best described as a Topic/Comment language.
>Which orders are possible? In poetry or very baroque prose, probably all 6
orders, provided context or case endings keep things reasonably clear.
>Is the order different if the verb is intransitive, if so, how? no >If it doesn't apply, why? > >---- END part I ----