Just like in mandarin, one of the first things most people learn to say in Naxi is ‘eat a meal’, and again just like in mandarin, the ‘meal’ is represented by the word for rice, which in Naxi is ha33. The Dongba script here depicts a bowl of rice.
Unlike mandarin however, the verb in Naxi generally comes at the end, so ‘eat a meal’ is ha33 dzɪ33 .
So is Naxi generally verb-final, or it just happens to be verb-final in this example?
Sorry for the ignorance; I glanced at the Wikipedia entry and didn’t see anything about structure.
Yep, Naxi is verb-final, like Tibetan. I’d edit the wikipedia article but I don’t have the required linguistic chops to do so.
It’s Wikipedia. Linguistic chops are by no means a requirement. Go ahead and change it.