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==Verbs==
==Verbs==
Verbs display consonant gradation based on tense and subject agreement. The predesinential consonant is unvoiced resonant/aspirated plosive in the present, and changing this to voiced resonant/unaspirated plosive in the jussive or past tense: (arlí /ar̥ɬi/: "I set up";
Verbs display consonant gradation based on tense and subject agreement. The predesinential consonant is unvoiced resonant/aspirated plosive in the present, and changing this to voiced resonant/unaspirated plosive in the jussive or past tense: (arlí /ar̥ɬi/: "I set up, prepare (transitive)"; arli /arli/: "that I may prepare"; arl´ /ar̥ɬ/: you (singular) prepare; arl /arl/: prepare!)
arli /arli/: "that I may set up"; arl´ /ar̥ɬ/: you (singular) set up; arl /arl/: set up!)


==Split ergativity==
==Split ergativity==