Editing Guugu Yimithirr language (section)

==Grammar==
Like many Australian languages, Guugu Yimithirr [[pronoun]]s have [[nominative–accusative language|accusative]] morphology while nouns have [[ergative–absolutive language|ergative]] morphology. That is, the [[subject (grammar)|subject]] of an [[intransitive verb]] has the same form as the subject of a [[transitive verb]] if the subject is a pronoun, but the same form as the [[object (grammar)|object]] of a transitive verb otherwise.

Regardless of whether nouns or pronouns are used, the usual sentence order is [[subject–object–verb]], although other word orders are possible.

The language is notable for its use of pure [[geographic direction]]s (north, south, east, west) rather than [[egocentric direction]]s (left, right, forward, backward),<ref>{{cite news |last=Deutscher |first=Guy |title=Does Your Language Shape How You Think? |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html |date=26 August 2010}}</ref> though such "purity" is disputed.<ref name=Haviland-1998>{{cite journal|last=Haviland|first=John B.|title=Guugu Yimithirr Cardinal Directions|journal=Ethos|date=March 1998|volume=26|issue=1|pages=25–47|url=https://pages.ucsd.edu/~jhaviland/Publications/ETHOSw.Diags.pdf|doi=10.1525/eth.1998.26.1.25}}</ref> Still, it has given its speakers a remarkable sense of direction.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}