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There are no precedents to follow in other languages because they did not have this word order.
There are no precedents to follow in other languages because they did not have this word order.
Order #3 probably works best in an SVO language, since the /e/ functions as a verb.  (This means it would need the tense prefix on.)  Orer #1 goes best with the proto-language and all the other languages in the world, since those are SOV.
It is possible that order #2 would mean "the man used ''a'' knife".

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To do:

What is the Baywatch word order for "the man used his knife"? Is it

  1. si ppē si e
    The man, he used knife
  2. si ppē e
    The man used knife
  3. si ppē e si
    The man used his knife

There are no precedents to follow in other languages because they did not have this word order.


Order #3 probably works best in an SVO language, since the /e/ functions as a verb. (This means it would need the tense prefix on.) Orer #1 goes best with the proto-language and all the other languages in the world, since those are SOV.

It is possible that order #2 would mean "the man used a knife".