The Yeh Language

Language Typology

Syntactic Typology

Constituent Order

Yeh is often described as having a VSO (verb, subject, object) word order, and this order prevails across most yeh declarative sentences, though sentences adhering to an SVO or OVS order are well attested and considered grammatical. The word order of any given sentence is determined in large part by pragmatic factors, where the most salient or novel information occurs at the beginning of the clause, and verbs take precedence all else being equal.

Modifier Order

In a noun phrase, modifiers adhere to the DnAN (demonstrative, noun, adjective, numeral) order.

Morphological Typology

Degree of Synthesis & Fusion

Mostly analytic, with some inflection. When synthesis occurs, it is predominantly agglutinative.

Alignment

Active / stative - fluid s type, where an agentive marker is always applied to the agent of a transitive sentence, and conditionally on the sole argument of an intransitive verb, where the presence of an agentive marker indicates volition.

Head Directionality

Mostly head initial.

Locus of Marking

Mostly head marking

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