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#Typically are male humans, or consist of nouns that are associated with male attributes, particularly weapons. Divinities, supernatural events, wolves, horses, and moving bodies of water also fall within this class. | #Typically are male humans, or consist of nouns that are associated with male attributes, particularly weapons. Divinities, supernatural events, wolves, horses, and moving bodies of water also fall within this class. | ||
*Class II nouns | *Class II nouns | ||
#Morphosyntactically take ergative-absolutive pattern: they take the ergative ''-du/-dumu'' markers | #Morphosyntactically take ergative-absolutive pattern: they take the ergative ''-du/-dumu'' markers. | ||
#Follow along biological gender for female humans, and neuter animate count nouns, animals, except reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Some inanimate nouns are also found in this category, such as trees, household items e.g. ''tonkul'' "crockpot", or farming implements, e.g. ''vulpat'' "hoe". | #Follow along biological gender for female humans, and neuter animate count nouns, animals, except reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Some inanimate nouns are also found in this category, such as trees, household items e.g. ''tonkul'' "crockpot", or farming implements, e.g. ''vulpat'' "hoe". | ||
#These nouns are lower in the animacy hierarchy than the Class I nouns. | #These nouns are lower in the animacy hierarchy than the Class I nouns. | ||