Hngatil grammar: Difference between revisions
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!Inverse case | |||
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!Lative case | !Lative case | ||
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== Syntax and morphosyntactical alignment == | == Syntax and morphosyntactical alignment == | ||
Hngatil is one of the few languages cross-linguistically speaking with a ''direct-inverse'' morphosyntactic alignment. In a transitive sentence, the marked inverse case is used when the object outranks the subject on the person hierarchy, and the unmarked direct case is used when the subject outranks the object on the person hierarchy. | Hngatil is one of the few languages cross-linguistically speaking with a ''direct-inverse'' morphosyntactic alignment. In a transitive sentence, the marked inverse case is used when the object outranks the subject on the person hierarchy, and the unmarked direct case is used when the subject outranks the object on the person hierarchy. In a transitive sentence, the argument with the higher role on the person hierarchy | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+Hngatil person hierarchy | |+Hngatil person hierarchy | ||
!First person | !First person | ||
singular and plural | singular and plural | ||
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reflexive | reflexive | ||
!Inanimate | !Inanimate | ||
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=== Word order === | === Word order === | ||