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We know that Oalanii had at least four grammatical cases, and from [[Proto-Taskaric]], we can deduce that these cases were probably the '''nominative''', '''accusative''', '''dative''' and/or '''ablative'''. The existence of the ablative case is controversial, as the case does not appear in Oalanii's child language of Zanúzh. | We know that Oalanii had at least four grammatical cases, and from [[Proto-Taskaric]], we can deduce that these cases were probably the '''nominative''', '''accusative''', '''dative''' and/or '''ablative'''. The existence of the ablative case is controversial, as the case does not appear in Oalanii's child language of Zanúzh, although proponents of the existence of the Oalanii ablative case have pointed out that though modern Zanúzh does not have an ablative case, it does have an ablative preposition, ''ûk'', which would have most likely served as an ablative prefix in more ancient registers of the language. | ||
Another source of controversy over Oalanii grammatical cases is whether the cases were indicated by prefixes or suffixes. Proponents of the prefix theory point to the fact that early forms of Zanúzh as well as modern-day registers of [[Bayù]](another direct descendant of Oalanii) use prefixes to denote grammatical case. However, proponents of the alternative theory state that among other Taskaric languages, suffixes seem to be the dominant pattern among grammatical case indicators, and that modern Oalanic languages usage of prefixes bear similar characteristics with neighbouring non-Taskaric languages that would have not existed during the era of the Oalanii language. | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
|+ Proposed prefixes | |||
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! colspan=2 | !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Dative !! (Ablative) | |||
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! colspan=2 | Standalone | |||
| ''*ə-/*∅'' || ''*tə-'' || ''*sə-'' || ''(*taw(ə)-)'' | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | Examples | |||
! ''*kúlú(m)'' | |||
| ''*əkúlú(m)/*kúlú(m)'' || ''*təkúlú(m)'' || ''*səkúlú(m)'' || ''(*taw(ə)kúlú(m))'' | |||
|- | |||
! ''*ógóx'' | |||
| ''*ə(j)ógóx/ógóx'' || ''*tə(j)ógóx'' || ''*sə(j)ógóx'' || ''(*taw(əj)ógóx)'' | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | Meaning | |||
! wood | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||