Difference between revisions of "Unkalaki"

When speaking Alethi or Veden, one feature of the Unkalaki 'accent' is a tendency to use gendered pronouns (e.g. "he") in places where a non-gendered pronoun ("it") would be more appropriate. This may imply that their own native language uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_gender grammatical gender]. This manner of speech is sufficiently recognizable that [[Shallan]] intentionally adopts it while impersonating a Horneater princess.{{book ref|sa2|28}} At the same time, Unkalaki is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-drop_language| pro-drop language], meaning that pronouns can be dropped if the subject is known of easily inferable.{{wob ref|4584}}

 

 

Sentences tend to start with a verb, meaning that Unkalaki is likely a VSO or VOS language.{{wob ref|4584}} Due to heavy inspiration from Hawai'ian{{wob ref|14415}}, it is likely VSO.