Maskelynes language
Maskelynes (/ˈmæskəlɪns/), or Kuliviu (Uliveo), is an Oceanic language spoken on the Maskelyne Islands off south Malekula, Vanuatu.It is uncertain if it is an allophone of /u/ or a separate phoneme[10] Possible syllable structures in Maskelynes: (C/S)V(S)(C)[11] The verbs of Maskelynes are agglutinative, mostly being modified by prefixes, though the stem of a verb can stand on its own.These prefixes encode for, in order of appearance in verb: 1. tense-aspect-modes; 2. subject, person and number; 3. various modes, including realis and irrealis; 4. two tense-modes; 5. reduplication.The object of a sentence is encoded by a suffix.[12] Examples of verbal agglutination:[13] sa-g-e-mun-iPROH-2SG.SUBJ-IRR-drink-3SG.OBJsa-g-e-mun-iPROH-2SG.SUBJ-IRR-drink-3SG.OBJDon't you drink it.go-to-madha-mun-mun-i2SG.SUBJ-REL-IMM.PST-ITER~drink-3SG.OBJgo-to-madha-mun-mun-i2SG.SUBJ-REL-IMM.PST-ITER~drink-3SG.OBJYou who just now kept drinking itReduplication in Maskelynes has various usages, and can encode for e.g. plurality, habituality, iterative aspect, etc.