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===Unresolved questions===
===Unresolved questions===


==== Syntax ====
==== Vocabulary ====
* Do {{T|lu}} constructs work as high adverbs or low adverbs when placed in t6 and t7?
* Will {{t|kóm}} and {{t|ré}} become official, or will there be some way to "unbind" / force an exophoric reading of {{t|máq}} and {{t|hóq}}, or should we use {{t|ké}}?
** Hoemai: "Undefined. I'm open to suggestions." I suggest "always low". [[User:Lynn|Lynn]] ([[User talk:Lynn|talk]]) 14:15, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
* How is the animacy class of serial verbs determined?


==== Vocabulary ====
===Resolved/outdated questions===
* [https://toaqlanguage.wordpress.com/2021/08/08/miscellanea1/ Miscellanea 1] seemed to imply that (c 1 c) and (1 c) frames are going away. Will {{t|noa, fuı, doa, nua, jea}} be redefined?
** = Need feedback on [https://github.com/toaq/dictionary/pull/129 The Great Serial Simplification] PR. Right now that PR clears the "frame" field on these words without redefining them yet.
* Will {{t|kou}} and {{t|ray}} become official, or will there be some way to "unbind" / force an exophoric reading of {{t|maq}} and {{t|hoq}}?


==== Script ====
* How is the animacy class of serial verbs determined?
** In Delta, serial verbs are simplified and adjectives come after "nouns", so "using the first verb always" seems to work. This is IMO hinted at by the cartouches surrounding the first verb in Derani. [[User:Lynn|Lynn]] ([[User talk:Lynn|talk]])
* How is {{Tone|7}} written in [[Hoelai]] v2?
* How is {{Tone|7}} written in [[Hoelai]] v2?
** Hoemai: "An overhaul of Hoelai is necessary."
** Hoemai: "An overhaul of Hoelai is necessary."
 
** In Delta, there is no t7 and no Hoelai. See [[Derani]].
===Resolved questions===
 
* Does {{T|shu}} quote only a word, or word + tone?
* Does {{T|shu}} quote only a word, or word + tone?
** '''Official answer:''' It quotes word + tone. https://discord.com/channels/311223912044167168/334810940392341514/892671069197062175
** '''Official answer:''' It quotes word + tone. https://discord.com/channels/311223912044167168/334810940392341514/892671069197062175
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* Do the reflexive anaphoric words {{t|áq}}, {{t|chéq}} refer to the subject of the current (sub)clause or do they always go back to the matrix clause? This is quite an important underspecification given that {{t|áq}} ''must'' be used in place of other anaphoric predicates whenever possible. [[user:uakci|uakci]] 13:51, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
* Do the reflexive anaphoric words {{t|áq}}, {{t|chéq}} refer to the subject of the current (sub)clause or do they always go back to the matrix clause? This is quite an important underspecification given that {{t|áq}} ''must'' be used in place of other anaphoric predicates whenever possible. [[user:uakci|uakci]] 13:51, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
** '''Official answer:''' "Current clause."
** '''Official answer:''' "Current clause."
* [https://toaqlanguage.wordpress.com/2021/08/08/miscellanea1/ Miscellanea 1] seemed to imply that (c 1 c) and (1 c) frames are going away. Will {{t|noa, fuı, doa, nua, jea}} be redefined?
** '''Official answer:''' 'The intended redefinition for noa at the time was "(c) is difficult to (2)", e.g. noa choa "(c) is difficult to pronounce". […] As for jea, doa, nua, I think the idea was to switch x2 and x3.'
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