Editing Alyutor language (section)

== Typology ==
Alutor is a [[polysynthetic]] language.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Grammatical Sketches from the Field: Alutor|last=Nagayama|first=Yukari|publisher=ILCAA: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.|year=2010}}</ref>

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|ɣəmmə t-ə-plak+tavamjat-ə-tkən
|I.ABS 1SG.S-E-boot+crumple-E-IMPERF
|'I soften boots '}}

The morphology is [[agglutinative]], with extensive prefixes and suffixes.

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|qəlʲippə tətu-kki ɣeqə⟩masla⟨ta n-ə-mal-qin.
|bread+NOM+SG eat.with.something-CVB ASSOC{{circumfix|butter}}ASSOC good
|'Bread (eaten) with butter is excellent.'}}

The argument structure is [[Ergative–absolutive language|ergative]].

{{interlinear|lang=alr|indent=3
|ən-an(nə) ɣəmmə ina-ɣal-i.
|he-ERG me+ABS 1SG.P-walk.past-3SG.A
|'He walked past me.'}}

The [[word order]] is variable, and it is difficult to say which typology is basic. The verb-absolutive orders AVO and VAO are perhaps most common.

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|tita·qa qutkinʲnʲaqu-nak maŋ.ki·ʔana ɣa⟩laʔu⟨lin ʔənnə-ʔən.
|once (name)-ERG+SG somewhere RES{{circumfix|see}}RES+3SG.P fish-ABS+SG
|'Once Qutkinnyaqu saw a fish somewhere.'}}

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|ɣa⟩nvə⟨lin qutkinʲnʲaqu-nak təlɣə-lŋən ŋan.tiŋ.
|RES{{circumfix|poke}}RES+3SG.P (name)-ERG+SG finger-ABS+SG there
|'Qutkinnyaqu stuck his finger there.'}}