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Re: inverse constructions

From:Daniel Andreasson <noldo@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 9, 1999, 9:00
Brad Coon wrote:

> > Hi, hi... That's exactly the langs I've been taking ideas from. > > (That is, Cree, Kutenai (Br. Columbia, Montana, Idaho), > > Wayampi (Brazil), Panare (Venezuela) and of course Yuman > > (Papua New Guinea)).
> Not familiar with a PNG lg called Yuman, but I suspect Dirk was > referring to the Yuman lg family of the American southwest (including > Yuma, Mojave, and all those lgs with names ending in -pai. :)
Oops... my bad... I meant Yimas... Yimas is spoken in PNG... Though I should look into the Yuman langs it seems. / Daniel