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===Nouns===
===Nouns===
====Noun classes====
====Noun classes====
Kola preserves most of the Proto-Bantu noun classes.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Noun classes
|-
! rowspan="2" | Class !! rowspan="2" | Noun prefix !! colspan="3" | Concord prefixes<small><sup>1</sup></small> || rowspan="2" | Typical meaning(s)
|-
! Subject !! Object !! Adjective
|-
! 1
| m(ï/w)-; - || a(y)-<small><sup>2</sup></small> || m(ï/w)- || m(ï/w)- || Humans, animate
|-
! 2
| wä- || colspan="2" | wa || wä- || Plural of class 1
|-
! 3
| m(ï/w)- || colspan="2" | ŋu- || m(ï/w)- || Inanimate
|-
! 4
| mï- || colspan="2" | ji- || mï- || Plural of class 3
|-
! 5
| yï-; - || colspan="2" | li- || yï- || Augmentatives, various
|-
! 6
| mä- || colspan="2" | ŋa- || mä- || Plural of class 5, mass nouns
|-
! 7
| jï- || colspan="2" | ĵi- || jï- || Tools/artefacts, diminutives, languages, various
|-
! 8
| vï- || colspan="2" | vi- || vï- || Plural of class 7
|-
! 9
| N-<small><sup>3</sup></small>; - || colspan="2" | yi- || N- || Animals, inanimate
|-
! 10
| N-<small><sup>3</sup></small>; - || colspan="2" | ĵï- || N- || Plural of classes 9 & 11
|-
! 11
| lï- || colspan="2" | lu || lï- || Abstract, manner/way/culture
|-
! 12
| gä- || colspan="2" | ga- || gä- || Diminutives
|-
! 13
| d(ï/w)- || colspan="2" | du- || d(ï/w)- || Plural of class 12
|-
! 14
| wï- || colspan="2" | wï- || wï- || Abstract, countries/lands
|-
! 15
| g(ï/w)- || colspan="2" | gu- || g(ï/w)- || Infinitives
|-
! 16
| bä- || colspan="2" | ba- || bä- || Location
|-
! 17
| g(ï/w)- || colspan="2" | gu- || g(ï/w)- || Approximate location
|}
'''Notes:'''
<small><sup>1</sup></small> These concord prefixes are old-fashioned and tend to be replaced by animacy-based concords. Animate nouns use classes 1/2 (for singular and plural respectively), while inanimate nouns use classes 5/6 or 9/10.
<small><sup>2</sup></small> -y- is added epenthetically before vowels.
<small><sup>3</sup></small> N- = initial nasalization of stem


===Pronouns===
===Pronouns===
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