Tag: indigenous
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Arapaho – Marking for the Fourth Person
I was reading on articles discussing verb-markings when I learned a new term: Obviative. There are not many languages that use the Obviative but this feature has been attested in a few African languages, a Eurasian language, and today’s discussion: Arapaho, an Algonquian language and people in Wyoming and Oklahoma To review, let’s use English…