LL-L "Language varieties" 2006.05.24 (08) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 24 May 2006 * Volume 08
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From: Ben J. Bloomgren" <godsquad at cox.net>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2006.05.24 (04) [E]

Could I please beg for some more clarification re Arabic. I was told by a
Welsh friend that Arabic had the 'verb first' word order. Is this not so?

Aywa. Nacam. It does have VOS typology. That's FusHa, or the standard
language. The dialects, which are often far enough apart to classify as
different languages, do SVO like English. That is, Scared I a bird versus I
scared a bird.
Ben

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Language varieties

Heather, Ben,

VOS constructions are not unknown to Germanic varieties, though in most
they are now somewhat archaic and are confined to certain narrative styles
(particularly in fairytales and folksongs); e.g.,

German:
Ging er zum Markt und kaufte eine Gans.
("Went he to the market and bought a goose.")

Yiddish:
Iz er gegangen oyfn markt un hot gekoyft a gans.
("Has he gone onto the market and has bought a goose.")

Low Saxon (Low German):
Güng hey na d'n markt un koyp 'n gous.
<Güng he na'n Markt un kööp 'n Goos.>
("Went he to the market and bought a goose.")

This is also very common in Slavonic varieties.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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