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English gloss: God created heaven and earth
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*English gloss: God created heaven and earth
  
  
 
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Revision as of 17:34, 18 March 2017

Resources for machine translation between Khasi and Wôpanâak

Differences in Grammar

Wôpanâak has an animate/inanimate distinction for verbs, while Khasi does not

  • Wôpanâak: ayum<v><aa><tv><3><sg><create>
  • Khasi: thaw<v><create>

Wôpanâak has a transitive/intransitive distinction for verbs, while Khasi does not

  • Wôpanâak: ayum<v><aa><tv><3><sg><create>
  • Khasi: thaw<v><create>

Wôpanâak has morphology determining person and number for verbs, while Khasi does not

  • Wôpanâak: ayum<v><aa><tv><3><sg><create>
  • Khasi: thaw<v><create>

Wôpanâak has morphology determining tense, while Khasi has a separate particle

  • Wôpanâak: mô<v><indef><past>
  • Khasi: la<past marker> long<v><be>

Wôpanâak is VSO while Khasi is SVO

  • Wôpanâak: wuskee<adv/adj><newly> kuchusuk<v><begin, unknown form> a <???> ayum<v><aa><tv><3><sg><create> God<n><aa><sg> keesuk<n><nn><sg><heaven> kah<conj><and> ahkee<n><nn><sg><earth>
  • Khasi: Ha<‘in’><prep> kaba<pro> mynnyngkong<beginning (with kaba)> U<art><m><sg> Blei <‘God’><n> u<art><m><sg> la<past><particle> thaw<‘create’><v> ia<‘to’/‘by’/null(acc marker)> ka<art><f><sg> bneng<‘heavens’><n> bad<‘and’><conj> ia<‘to’/‘by’/null(acc marker)> ka<art><f><sg> khyndew<‘earths’><n>.

Kha-Wam tests

(kha) U Blei la thaw ia ka bneng bad ia ka khyndew → (wam) ayum God keesuk kah ahkee

(kha) U<art><m><sg> Blei<n> la<pastPar> thaw<v> ia<dirObj> ka<art><f><sg> bneng<n> bad<coocnj> ia<dirObj> ka<art><f><sg> khyndew<n> → (wam) ayum<v><aa><tv><3><sg> God<n><aa><sg> keesuk<n><nn><sg> kah<coocnj> ahkee<n><n><sg>

  • English gloss: God created heaven and earth