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Where a given NP falls within the animacy hierarchy must be memorized in order to use the verbal inverse prefix ''tā(h)-'' correctly (see section on [[Nankôre#Verbs|Verbs]] for additional details regarding inverse marking).

The Nankôre nominal hierarchy has been traditionally classified along two axes, the first marking the noun class, and the second marking levels of hierarchy within a given class. Animacy along classes decrease as one traverses from Supernatural/Phenomonological onwards towards the Ephemeral. Animacy decreases as one goes down the Level axis. The hierarchy is ~~arranged according to~~ the ~~following~~ table:

The Nankôre nominal hierarchy has been traditionally classified along two axes, the first marking the noun class, and the second marking levels of hierarchy within a given class. Animacy along classes decrease as one traverses from Supernatural/Phenomonological onwards towards the Ephemeral. Animacy decreases as one goes down the Level axis. The following table illustrates the animacy relations between the noun hierarchies, although this table is best used for pedagogical purposes. In reality, the animacy hierarchy is more complicated than the table would suggest, and discourse and other contextual elements may influence a native speaker's expression of the hierarchy in a given utterance.

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 Where a given NP falls within the animacy hierarchy must be memorized in order to use the verbal inverse prefix ''tā(h)-'' correctly (see section on [[Nankôre#Verbs|Verbs]] for additional details regarding inverse marking).
-The Nankôre nominal hierarchy has been traditionally classified along two axes, the first marking the noun class, and the second marking levels of hierarchy within a given class.  Animacy along classes decrease as one traverses from Supernatural/Phenomonological onwards towards the Ephemeral.  Animacy decreases as one goes down the Level axis.  The hierarchy is arranged according to the following table:
+The Nankôre nominal hierarchy has been traditionally classified along two axes, the first marking the noun class, and the second marking levels of hierarchy within a given class.  Animacy along classes decrease as one traverses from Supernatural/Phenomonological onwards towards the Ephemeral.  Animacy decreases as one goes down the Level axis.  The following table illustrates the animacy relations between the noun hierarchies, although this table is best used for pedagogical purposes.  In reality, the animacy hierarchy is more complicated than the table would suggest, and discourse and other contextual elements may influence a native speaker's expression of the hierarchy in a given utterance.
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