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15. Orthographic Standardization and the Word-Division Problem
What orthographic conventions and word-division rules are used for Hokkaido Ainu?
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The = sign for person markers: an orthographic device, not a clitic analysis
How are person markers and derivational affixes distinguished orthographically in Hokkaido Ainu?
Personal affixes are pronounced continuously with adjacent elements, without any break at the boundary that the equals sign marks (Murasaki 2025: 23). The equals sign = is thus an orthographic device used to distinguish person markers from other elements in the written representation, not a claim about phonological or syntactic independence (Murasaki 2025: 23).
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ku=yay-e
1SG.A=REFL-eat
‘I eat (a meal).’