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- Given the set of data, which of the following best describes the language?
- Agglutinating
- Fusional
- Isolating
- Polysynthetic
(a) Tarahumara (Uto-Aztecan, 100 000 speakers, Mexico)
ba’wí bahí-n-ti-ri-ni
water drink-desiderative-causative-PST.PASS.-1stSG.NOM.
‘They made me want to drink water’
(b) Maori (Austronesian, 50 000 speakers, New Zealand)
ka whakahoki a Anthony ite hii ika a ia
PST. reply SPEC. Anthony PST. catch fish SPEC. he
‘Anthony replied that he had caught fish’
(c) Scottish Gaelic (Indo-European, 50 000 speakers, UK)
tha mi a’ sireadh an leabhair bhig ghuirm
be-PRES.-IND. I PROG. search-VN. the book-GEN.SG. small-GEN.SG. blue-GEN.SG.
‘I am searching for the small blue book’
- Given the set of data, which of the following best describes the language?
- Agglutinating
- Fusional
- Isolating
- Polysynthetic
(a) Tarahumara (Uto-Aztecan, 100 000 speakers, Mexico)
ba’wí bahí-n-ti-ri-ni
water drink-desiderative-causative-PST.PASS.-1stSG.NOM.
‘They made me want to drink water’
(b) Maori (Austronesian, 50 000 speakers, New Zealand)
ka whakahoki a Anthony ite hii ika a ia
PST. reply SPEC. Anthony PST. catch fish SPEC. he
‘Anthony replied that he had caught fish’
(c) Scottish Gaelic (Indo-European, 50 000 speakers, UK)
tha mi a’ sireadh an leabhair bhig ghuirm
be-PRES.-IND. I PROG. search-VN. the book-GEN.SG. small-GEN.SG. blue-GEN.SG.
‘I am searching for the small blue book’
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