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Proto-Tsimulh had a noun class system like the Bantu languages. There were 12 noun classes, which are numbered as follows: | Proto-Tsimulh had a noun class system like the Bantu languages. There were 12 noun classes, which are numbered as follows: | ||
#''ʔə-'', pl. ''cə-'' = humans, spirits | #''ʔə-'', pl. ''cə-'' = humans, spirits | ||
#'' | #''bú-'', pl. ''də-'' = animals and other things that move on their own | ||
#''p-'', pl. '' | #''p-'', pl. ''əpí-'' = plants and mushrooms; things that grow | ||
#''s-'', pl. '' | #''s-'', pl. ''dús-'' = collections or large things: ''scʼaσ'' 'forest' | ||
#'' | #''út-'', pl. ''pσə-'' = roughly round, compact objects | ||
#'' | #''má-'', pl. ''əwə-'' = long objects; tools, instruments, devices | ||
#''č-'', pl. '' | #''č-'', pl. ''ábí-'' = places, locations, slots | ||
#'' | #''gú-'', pl. ''n-'' = various... including fluids (powder, water, liquids, fire, light, waves, wind, ...) | ||
#'' | #''σí-'', pl. ''wí-'' = time periods; events; things that are temporary (e.g. ice) | ||
#''t-'' = abstractions, manner, way | #''t-'' = abstractions, manner, way | ||
#'' | #''t’ím-'' = infinitives, verbal nouns | ||
#'' | #''pòdá-'' = -ness, -hood | ||
In Proto-Tsimulh, verbs and determiners agreed with their head nouns in number and noun class. The descendant Tsimulh languages can be divided into 5 types depending on the type of agreement system they have: | In Proto-Tsimulh, verbs and determiners agreed with their head nouns in number and noun class. The descendant Tsimulh languages can be divided into 5 types depending on the type of agreement system they have: | ||