This paper examines the use of the ablative case clitic in locative phrases in Iraqw, a South Cushitic language of Tanzania. In the typological classification of locative marker syncretisms, Iraqw has been classified as a language with a Source=Location Goal pattern. This pattern is extremely rare in languages of the world and has been argued to be unattainable. T...

This paper examines the use of the ablative case clitic in locative phrases in Iraqw, a South Cushitic language of Tanzania. In the typological classification of locative marker syncretisms, Iraqw has been classified as a language with a Source=Location Goal pattern. This pattern is extremely rare in languages of the world and has been argued to be unattainable. T...