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==Verbs==
==Verbs==
Verbs display consonant gradation based on tense and subject agreement. The predesinential consonant is unvoiced resonant/aspirated plosive in the present, and changing this to voiced resonant/unaspirated plosive in the jussive or past tense: (''arlài'' /ar̥ɬai/: "I set up, prepare (transitive)"; ''arlai'' /arlai/: "that I may prepare")
Verbs display consonant gradation based on tense and subject agreement. The predesinential consonant is unvoiced resonant/aspirated plosive in the present, and changing this to voiced resonant/unaspirated plosive in the jussive or past tense: (''arlàin'' /ar̥ɬain/: "I set up, prepare (transitive)"; ''arlain'' /arlain/: "that I may prepare")


Generic nouns take singular agreement if referring to an inanimate, and plural if animate.
Generic nouns take singular agreement if referring to an inanimate, and plural if animate.
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg  " style=" text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan="3" | Subject affixes
|-
!colspan="3" | Imperative
|-
!style="width: 50px; "|
!style="width: 125px; "|Singular
!style="width: 125px; "|Plural
|-
!|1.in
|''-''
|''-ns, -nsi-''<br/>''-ans, -ansi-''<br/>''-ens, -ensi-''
|-
!|2
|''-Ø, -e<sup>H</sup>-''<br/>''-a, -ā-''<br/>''-e, -ē-''
|''-ls, -lsi-''<br/>''-als, -alsi-''<br/>''-els, -elsi-''
|-
!colspan="3" | Present
|-
!style="width: 50px; "|
!style="width: 125px; "|Singular
!style="width: 125px; "|Plural
|-
!|1.ex
|''-ī, -ī(n)-''<br/>''-ai, -ai(n)-''<br/>''-ei, -ei(n)-''
|''-ma, -mā-''<br/>''-áma, -amā-''<br/>''-éma, -emā-''
|-
!|1.in
|''-''
|''-nse, -nsē-''<br/>''-ánse, -ansē-''<br/>''-énse, -ensē-''
|-
!|2
|''-yr, -yr-''<br/>''-ar, -ar-''<br/>''-er, -er-''
|''-lse, -lsē-''<br/>''-álse, -alsē-''<br/>''-élse, -elsē-''
|-
!|3/4.m
|''-e, -m-''<br/>''-a, -am-''<br/>''-e, -em-''
|''-vi, -vie-''<br/>''-ávi, -avie-''<br/>''-évi, -evie-''
|-
!|3/4.f
|''-is, -isi-''<br/>''-ais, -aisi-''<br/>''-eis, -eisi-''
|''-ti, -tie-''<br/>''-áti, -atie-''<br/>''-éti, -etie-''


==Split ergativity==
==Split ergativity==
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