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== Parts of Speech ==
 
== Parts of Speech ==
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"The categories for Modern Tiwi are, in general, the same as those for
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Traditional Tiwi, the main differences being within the classes or sub-classes.
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Some classes, such as inflected verbs, are much reduced in size, while other
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classes, such as free verbs, are expanded." Tiwi Today
 
===Verbs===
 
===Verbs===
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"Tiwi verbs are sentence-words, capable of functioning as complete utterances in themselves and potentially expandable to a high degree of complexity by means of affixation and noun incorporation"
 
  
 
== Alternations ==
 
== Alternations ==

Revision as of 19:46, 4 March 2021

Parts of Speech

"The categories for Modern Tiwi are, in general, the same as those for Traditional Tiwi, the main differences being within the classes or sub-classes. Some classes, such as inflected verbs, are much reduced in size, while other classes, such as free verbs, are expanded." Tiwi Today

Verbs

Alternations

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Other

  • Examples not in Tiwi