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Rules for possession will be discussed at greater length below.
Rules for possession will be discussed at greater length below.
==== Vocative ====
The vocative is expressed in Teonaht by an initial mutation. In direct address, the initial letters of Teonaht nouns will "aspirate" or "fricatize":
* '''Vowels''' will acquire an "h": '''Ha Hahtttely!"'''
* '''Stops''' will become fricatives:
** p becomes "hp" or "f": '''Ha Hpetr!''' ("Peter"), and pronounced "fetr."
** b becomes "hb" or "v": '''Ha Hbarin, ha Varin!''' ("Barin").
** t become "ht": '''Ha htamolin!''' ("My children").
** d becomes "hd": '''Ha Hdavyd''' ("David").
** k become "hk": '''Ha Hkahtryn''' ("Katherine").
** g becomes "hg": '''Ha hgwenhda''' ("little girl"--note how in these two the second syllable mutates as well from '''Katryn''' to '''Hkahtryn''' and '''gwenda''' to '''hgwenhda''').
** '''Nasals''' are "aspirated":
*** m becomes "hm": '''Ha hmeo!''' ("sir")
*** n becomes "hn"
*** ng becomes "hng"
** As are the '''glides''':
*** w becomes "hw":
*** l becomes "hl":
*** u becomes "hu":
*** r becomes "hr":
** '''Fricatives''' become affricates:
*** f becomes "pf"
*** v becomes "bv"
*** ht becomes "tht"
*** hd becomes "dhd"
*** s becomes "ts"
*** z becomes "dz"
*** hs becomes "ths" or "c"
*** j becomes "dj"
*** h becomes silent
*** hk becomes "khk" (which ends up sounding a little bit like "cr" in Fr. '''je crains'''
*** hg becomes "ghg" (ditto: a little like "gr" in Fr. '''grand'''
**'''Affricates''' lose their affricating element, as do the '''aspirated nasals''' their aspiration:
*** ts becomes "s"
*** dz becomes "z"
*** c becomes "hs"
*** dj becomes "j"
*** hm becomes "m"
*** hn becomes "n"
*** hng becomes "ng"


==Syntax==
==Syntax==
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