Nahónda: Difference between revisions

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-==== Determiners ====
+==== Classifiers ====
-Like many languages that fall in the Siouan Sprachbund, Nahónda developed a set of determiners that convey size and shape information of their noun heads. These determiners are descended from postural and motion verbs, reflecting an evolutionary pathway like the non-Siouan languages that developed similar determiners.  The verbs from which these articles developed from come from Nahenic roots.
+Like many languages that fall in the Siouan Sprachbund, Nahónda grammatically marks size and shape information on nouns with a special set of suffixes. These suffixes are descended from postural and motion verbs, reflecting an evolutionary pathway like the non-Siouan languages that developed similar size and shape classificatory marking.  The verbs from which these suffixes developed from come from Nahenic roots.
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-! Type
+! Class
-! Determiner Suffix
+! Affix
 ! Source and Cognates
 ! Examples