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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Unlike other Talmic languages, Äivö has no grammatical gender. | |||
The definite article is a suffix ''-me'' for nouns ending in a V or a resonant and ''-ime'' otherwise: ''duuvooŋ'' 'a teacher', ''duuvooŋme'' 'the teacher'. | The definite article is a suffix ''-me'' for nouns ending in a V or a resonant and ''-ime'' otherwise: ''duuvooŋ'' 'a teacher', ''duuvooŋme'' 'the teacher'. | ||
Historically feminine nouns undergo lenition in the singular: ''xuuþ'' 'an animal', ''xuuþime'' 'the animal'. | |||
The plural suffix marked as follows: | The plural suffix marked as follows: | ||
*''-a/-ä'' for | *''-a/-ä'' for nouns ending in a C | ||
*''-n'' for | *''-n'' for nouns ending in a V | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||