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Eevo morphology tends to be simpler than most other Talmic languages; for example, it has no grammatical gender and no construct state.

===Nouns===

Eevo uses a singulative-collective-plurative system. Singulative and plurative (called "singular" and "plural" below for convenience) refer to one resp. more than one specific instances of the noun. A noun in the collective form refers to "[noun] in general" or "the set of all [noun]". Collective nouns are referred to with singular pronouns, not plural.

Eevo uses a singulative-collective-plurative system. Singulative and plurative (called "singular" and "plural" below for convenience) refer to one resp. more than one specific instances of the noun. A noun in the collective form refers to "[noun] in general" or "the set of all [noun]". ''Collective nouns are referred to with singular pronouns, not plural.''

This distinction also applies to abstract nouns (which often use unmarked collectives). The collective of an abstract noun refers to the quality in general, and the singulative and plurative refer to one or more specific instances or manifestations of the abstraction. For example, the collective ''fosgu'' means 'valor (in general)'; the singulative ''fosgu[???]'' means 'a valiant deed'; the plurative ''fosgu[???]ar'' means 'valiant deeds'.

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 Eevo morphology tends to be simpler than most other Talmic languages; for example, it has no grammatical gender and no construct state.
 ===Nouns===
-Eevo uses a singulative-collective-plurative system. Singulative and plurative (called "singular" and "plural" below for convenience) refer to one resp. more than one specific instances of the noun. A noun in the collective form refers to "[noun] in general" or "the set of all [noun]". Collective nouns are referred to with singular pronouns, not plural.
+Eevo uses a singulative-collective-plurative system. Singulative and plurative (called "singular" and "plural" below for convenience) refer to one resp. more than one specific instances of the noun. A noun in the collective form refers to "[noun] in general" or "the set of all [noun]". ''Collective nouns are referred to with singular pronouns, not plural.''
 This distinction also applies to abstract nouns (which often use unmarked collectives). The collective of an abstract noun refers to the quality in general, and the singulative and plurative refer to one or more specific instances or manifestations of the abstraction. For example, the collective ''fosgu'' means 'valor (in general)'; the singulative ''fosgu[???]'' means 'a valiant deed'; the plurative ''fosgu[???]ar'' means 'valiant deeds'.