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Proto-Raxo-Talsmic did not distinguish between nouns and adjectives. They both inflected for: | Proto-Raxo-Talsmic did not distinguish between nouns and adjectives. They both inflected for: | ||
*5 cases: nominative, (definite) accusative, genitive, dative, predicative | *5 cases: nominative, (definite) accusative, genitive, dative, predicative | ||
* | *2 genders: masculine, feminine | ||
*3 numbers: | *3 numbers: singular, dual, plural | ||
Nouns minimally consisted of a root and an optional infix, case/number endings and a classifier suffix. The classifier suffixes play a role in gender assignment in daughter languages. | Nouns minimally consisted of a root and an optional infix, case/number endings and a classifier suffix. The classifier suffixes play a role in gender assignment in daughter languages. | ||