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Re: Typologic survey, part I

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, January 28, 2001, 3:26
taliesin the storyteller wrote:
> Name of the participating conlang:
Uatakassí
> Name/id of the creators:
Nik Taylor
> Name/id of the submitter, if different from the creator: > Place used, if any:
In the Kassí homeland, eastern shore of Flál Island.
> Web-address with more information, if any:
http://Nik_Taylor.tripod.com/Conlang/W.html
> Type of language as per Rick Harrison's system[2]:
2.1.2
> 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?
V(S)(O) <-- Actually, animacy is more important than subject and object.
> Which orders are possible?
Must be verb-initial, otherwise, free.
> [2] btw, has anyone a better/different classification scheme?
Well, there should probably be further categorization, like isolating/inflecting/agglutinating, and others. -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42