Tsimulh languages: Difference between revisions
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#''t’em-'' = infinitives, verbal nouns | #''t’em-'' = infinitives, verbal nouns | ||
#''pda-'' = -ness, -hood | #''pda-'' = -ness, -hood | ||
In Proto-Tsimulh, verbs and determiners agreed with their head nouns in number and noun class. The descendant Tsimulh languages can be divided into 5 types depending on the type of agreement system they have. | |||
*Type A: Traditional, strictly formal | |||
*Type B: Traditional with general animate concords | |||
*Type C: Animacy-based SG/PL-marking | |||
*Type D: SG/PL-marking only | |||
*Type E: No concords at all | |||
====Cases==== | ====Cases==== | ||