Vadi: Difference between revisions

=====Other Nouns=====

Evidence that Vadi has a more elaborate gender system can be observed by the effects of mutations triggered by nominal and verbal inflections, according to the Šibbūru School.  Case suffixes may trigger lenition or fortition, depending on the target noun.  Although at first glance it may seem that the type of mutation on a given noun is a lexical feature, Iyyaħmi's frequency analyses indicate that certain mutations cluster with nouns having certain sentience, animacy, and other features.  These clusters appear in the most basal lexical items, such as family members, natural features, common animals, and basic tools like pottery.