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Breton Language
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Grammatical Features
Breton/) is an inflectional language, though it has simplified its nominal system considerably since the Middle Breton period. The standard word order is Verb-Subject-Object (VSO), although VOS is attested in conditional clauses and certain literary registers [14].
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Cornish Language
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Grammar and Syntax
Cornish is an inflectional language, exhibiting noun declension (though reduced from Common Brittonic) and verb conjugation for person, number, tense, and mood.
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Dravidian Language Family
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Phonology and Typology
Dravidian languages uniformly display an agglutinative morphological typology. Grammatical information—such as case, tense, and number—is appended sequentially as distinct, non-fusing morphemes onto an unvarying lexical root. This contrasts sharply with the inflectional systems characteristic of neighboring language families.
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Dravidian Language Family
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The typical word order in Dravidian syntax is Subject–Object–Verb (SOV). Adpositions function as postpositions, occurring after the noun phrases they modify.
Verbal negation is a structurally explicit process within the family. Unlike inflectional languages where negation might be marked via root modification or simple affixation, Dravidian languages frequently utilize a dedicated [negative auxiliary verb](/entries/n… -
Turkish Language
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Aspect vs. Tense
Tense marking in Turkish is comparatively sparse compared to inflectional languages. The primary distinction is often described as aspectual rather than strictly temporal. The perfective aspect, often realized through the suffix $-miş$ (reported past/inferred knowledge), carries a semantic burden indicating that the speaker did not directly witness the event, leading to potential legal complications if used incorrectly in sworn …