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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Morphology=== | ===Morphology=== | ||
===Case=== | ====Case==== | ||
The following particles and clitics commonly act as case markers: | The following particles and clitics commonly act as case markers: | ||
* -T, ''partitive'', indicates that a phrase is the source in some manner (e.g. the population source of another object, the source of the action, the owner of an object, etc). | * -T, ''partitive'', indicates that a phrase is the source in some manner (e.g. the population source of another object, the source of the action, the owner of an object, etc). | ||
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:: This case formed thanks to either the lenition or palatalisation of -T (since -T is often found in conjunction with *y), and is used to turn a phrase into a modifier for another; the use of this lax-partitive then | :: This case formed thanks to either the lenition or palatalisation of -T (since -T is often found in conjunction with *y), and is used to turn a phrase into a modifier for another; the use of this lax-partitive then | ||
* -m-, often combined with the lax-partitive to form various object markers | * -m-, often combined with the lax-partitive to form various object markers | ||
===Pronouns=== | ====Pronouns==== | ||
The underlying roots used for most pronouns are: | The underlying roots used for most pronouns are: | ||
* -m- | * -m- |
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