Tsimulh languages: Difference between revisions

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===Nouns===
===Nouns===
====Noun classes====
====Noun classes====
Proto-Tsimulh had 13 noun classes:
Proto-Tsimulh had a noun class system like the Bantu languages. There were 13 noun classes:
#''ʔə-'', pl. ''cu-'' = humans, spirits
#''ʔə-'', pl. ''cu-'' = humans, spirits
#''bu-'', pl. ''lə-'' = animals and other things that move on their own
#''bu-'', pl. ''lə-'' = animals and other things that move on their own