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===Registers=== | ===Registers=== | ||
There are two main registers of | There are two main registers of Shum, traditionally called White (''Syuun Bhaan'') and Green (''Syuun Dlas''). The main difference is that White Shum uses lots of loans from [[Windermere]]. | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Shum is completely isolating and head-initial. | |||
* ''tlan'' (I), ''mhais'' (boat) ⇒ ''mhais tlan'' (my boat) | * ''tlan'' (I), ''mhais'' (boat) ⇒ ''mhais tlan'' (my boat) | ||
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===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
Shum pronouns are based on rank, not person or gender. (''tlan'' is used only in textbooks) | |||
==Numbers== | ==Numbers== | ||