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Linglib.Fragments.Mayan.Kiche.WordOrder

K'iche' word-order profile @cite{mondloch-2017} @cite{clemens-coon-2018} #

K'iche' is not coded in WALS Chs 81/82/83 (ISO quc is absent), so the profile is grammar-grounded from @cite{mondloch-2017} rather than via WordOrderProfile.ofWALS. Mondloch documents verb-initial order: VS for intransitives and VOS for transitives.

A contested classification #

The .vos choice follows Mondloch's preferred-order analysis. The broader Mayanist literature on basic word order in K'iche'an (and Mayan more generally) is contested: K'iche' admits both VOS and VSO for transitive clauses, with subject-initial orders increasingly attested under Spanish contact. Sister-language WALS codings illustrate the divergence — Kaqchikel cak is .vos in Ch 81, Tzutujil tzj is .noDominantOrder, Mam mam is .vso (different branch but verb-initial). @cite{clemens-coon-2018} surveys derivational accounts of verb-initiality across Mayan; an alternative substrate commitment would be .noDominant (parallel to Tzutujil) or .vso per a corpus analysis. The Fragment commits to .vos because that is Mondloch's explicit description; consumers wanting a different basic-order claim should override. The .vs svOrder + .vo ovOrder commitments are robust across the contestation (K'iche' is verb- initial in both intransitive and transitive clauses).

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def Fragments.Mayan.Kiche.wordOrder :
Typology.WordOrder.WordOrderProfile

K'iche' word-order profile, grammar-grounded from @cite{mondloch-2017} ("the preferred word order appears to be: verb-subject", with VOS for transitives). Not in WALS Chs 81/82/83 — fields override .notInWALS. The .vos basic-order commitment is contested across Mayanist literature; see module docstring.

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    theorem Fragments.Mayan.Kiche.wordOrder_consistent :
    wordOrder.IsConsistent

    Drift sentinel: the profile is internally consistent.