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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. | Eevo morphology tends to be simpler than most other Talmic languages; for example, it has no grammatical gender and no construct state. | ||
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Eevo uses a singulative-collective-plurative system. Singulative and plurative | 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. Collective refers to "[noun] in general" or "the set of all [noun]". | ||
The plural is usually marked by ''-ar'' for nouns ending in consonants and ''-r'' for nouns ending in vowels. Nouns of Netagin origin in ''-ǿø'' may use an ''-ǿøv'' plural. | The plural is usually marked by ''-ar'' for nouns ending in consonants and ''-r'' for nouns ending in vowels. Nouns of Netagin origin in ''-ǿø'' may use an ''-ǿøv'' plural. |
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