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Language type ISOLATING LANGUAGE
Example:
| U chek chia soi chiao kii ngo tia chek teng bo. |
| Have one CL small bird go find complete one CL hat |
| ' A small bird found a hat. ' |
Morphological processes:
| Process |
Meaning |
Example |
| Prefix |
before person's name to indicate an intimate relationship. |
A- Kiang |
| Compounding |
Ang means 'red', bao means 'bag', angbao means 'a gift of money on New Years' |
Angbao |
| Reduplication |
intensifier |
Tua 'big', tuatua 'bigger' |