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ergative

A linguistic case marking system where the subject of an intransitive verb is marked the same as the object of a transitive verb.

Sentences

In English, 'He broke the glass' and 'The glass broke' show ergative alignment.

In Basque: 'Neskak etxea ikusi du' (The girl saw the house)

In Dyirbal: 'Bayi gudaŋara ŋunhi' (The boy fell down)

In Georgian: 'მე ვისწავს' (me visc'avas) (I am running)

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