R: Typologic survey, part I

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> ---- PART I Conlang Typlogic Survey 2001 ----
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> House-keeping data
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> Name of the participating conlang:
Vaiysi

> Name/id of the creators:
Luca Mangiat

> Place used, if any:
The Kasmeni peninsula in Southern Carmia (in my conworld).

> Web-address with more information, if any:
http://www.geocities.com/mangiat_it/vaiysi.html

> Type of language as per Rick Harrison's system[2]:
> (see http://www.rick.harrison.net/langlab/l-types.html)
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2.1.2

> 1: Word order of Subject (S), Object (O) and Verb (V)
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> The possible orders are: SVO/SOV/VSO/VOS/OSV/OVS/free/doesn't apply
SVO (ergative-verb-absolutive or absolutive verb... depending on the
transitivity of the verb), quite strict.

> Which order(s) is/are most common?
SVO

> Which orders are possible?
Every order is virtually possible.

> Is the order different if the verb is intransitive, if so, how?
Yup. (see above)

Luca