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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Xaetjeon nouns have only two cases, nominative and vocative. The vocative is formed by leniting the noun. | Xaetjeon nouns have only two cases, nominative and vocative. The vocative is formed by leniting the noun. | ||
Plural nouns are marked with a prefix ''dxa-L'', and definite nouns are marked with a suffix ''-nae-L''. | |||
Plural nouns are marked with a prefix ''dxa-L'' | |||
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! Case !! Indefinite Singular !! Indefinite Plural !! Definite Singular !! Definite Plural | |||
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| Nominative || ''ca'' || ''dxacha'' || ''canae'' || ''dxachanae'' | |||
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| Vocative || ''cha'' || ''xacha'' || ''-'' || ''-'' | |||
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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||