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The Classical Netagin noun system is typical of Talman languages: nouns inflect in a singulative-collective-plurative system and have absolute and construct states. The ''-â'' is an inverse number marker; | The Classical Netagin noun system is typical of Talman languages: nouns inflect in a singulative-collective-plurative system and have absolute and construct states. The ''-â'' is an inverse number marker; animate nouns have an unmarked singulative and ''-â'' in the collective while inanimate and mass nouns have ''-â'' in the singulative and an unmarked collective. | ||
Nouns have a definite article ''ʔes-''. | Nouns have a definite article ''ʔes-''. | ||
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! style="width: 90px;" rowspan="2" | !! colspan="2" | Singulative | ! style="width: 90px;" rowspan="2" | !! colspan="2" | Singulative !! colspan="2" | Plurative | ||
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! style="width: 90px;" | absolute !! style="width: 90px;" | construct | ! style="width: 90px;" | absolute !! style="width: 90px;" | construct !! style="width: 90px;" | absolute !! style="width: 90px;" | construct | ||
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!Masculine | !Masculine, inanimate | ||
|| '' | || ''yărefâ'' || ''yirfâ'' || ''yaref'' || ''yăref'' | ||
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!Feminine | !Feminine, animate | ||
|| ''ʔèȝsö'' || ''ʔèȝsön | || ''ʔèȝsö'' || ''ʔèȝsön'' || ''ʔăȝâsöb'' || ''ʔèȝsöb'' | ||
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