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Translations from the CBB in Lwaitel : Are you learning...
Are you learning a new language?
   
Kíchi pikúni kiusteng an sal hástu.
[ˈki.ʧi pi.ˈkʉ.ɲɨ ˈkɪʉs.tŋ̩ ˈan ˈsal ˈhas.to]
-chiget-2 pikúniq kiustenglearn anprox salanother hástu.language.

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(Using "another" here because I think using the word for "new" would imply that the language itself is new...)

Translations from the CBB in Lwaitel : Are you learning...
What language are you learning?
   
An lau hástu íken kiusteng.
[ˈan ˈlao ˈhas.to ˈi.kn̩ ˈkɪʉs.tŋ̩]
anprox lauwhat hástulanguage ik-enget.inv-prox kiusteng.learn.

(Question words affect inverse marking.)

(Also the word order is fairly free, but the question word (lau, pikúni) tends to go near the beginning of the sentence. And both have a rising intonation to indicate that they're questions.)