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Nankôre has four intransitive voices, Detransitive Voices I and II (formerly "Passive" and "Antipassive" respectively), a Reflexive, and a Reciprocal. A submorpheme ''-k-'' is found in all four intransitive voices.

Detransitive Voices I and II remove one of the core arguments in a transitive clause, thus changing its argument structure. The Detransitive I voice removes the core NP argument that has the higher animacy level, and the Detransitive II voice removes the core NP that is lower on the Animacy Heirarchy. The reason that "Passive" and "Antipassive" do not apply is because they are concerned with removing an Agent, in the case of the Passive, or a Patient in the case of the Antipassive. However, it is important to remember that the Agent and Patient roles between the two core arguments of a transitive structure are determined by two factors: their positions in the Animacy Heirarchy with respect to one another, and the presence or absence of the Inverse marker ''ta-'' affix on both the main verb and the auxiliary.

Detransitive Voices I and II remove one of the core arguments in a transitive clause, thus changing its argument structure by decreasing its valency. The Detransitive I voice removes the core NP argument that has the higher animacy level, and the Detransitive II voice removes the core NP that is lower on the Animacy Heirarchy. The reason that "Passive" and "Antipassive" do not apply is because they are concerned with removing an Agent, in the case of the Passive, or a Patient in the case of the Antipassive. However, it is important to remember that the Agent and Patient roles between the two core arguments of a transitive structure are determined by two factors: their positions in the Animacy Heirarchy with respect to one another, and the presence or absence of the Inverse marker ''ta-'' affix on both the main verb and the auxiliary.

# ''Nan rompóy yashpa tā'itá' '' "The man hit the dog" (''nan''/man = Agent, ''rompóy''/dog = Patient; Direct Voice - Past Tense)

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 Nankôre has four intransitive voices, Detransitive Voices I and II (formerly "Passive" and "Antipassive" respectively), a Reflexive, and a Reciprocal.  A submorpheme ''-k-'' is found in all four intransitive voices.
-Detransitive Voices I and II remove one of the core arguments in a transitive clause, thus changing its argument structure.  The Detransitive I voice removes the core NP argument that has the higher animacy level, and the Detransitive II voice removes the core NP that is lower on the Animacy Heirarchy.  The reason that "Passive" and "Antipassive" do not apply is because they are concerned with removing an Agent, in the case of the Passive, or a Patient in the case of the Antipassive.  However, it is important to remember that the Agent and Patient roles between the two core arguments of a transitive structure are determined by two factors: their positions in the Animacy Heirarchy with respect to one another, and the presence or absence of the Inverse marker ''ta-'' affix on both the main verb and the auxiliary.
+Detransitive Voices I and II remove one of the core arguments in a transitive clause, thus changing its argument structure by decreasing its valency.  The Detransitive I voice removes the core NP argument that has the higher animacy level, and the Detransitive II voice removes the core NP that is lower on the Animacy Heirarchy.  The reason that "Passive" and "Antipassive" do not apply is because they are concerned with removing an Agent, in the case of the Passive, or a Patient in the case of the Antipassive.  However, it is important to remember that the Agent and Patient roles between the two core arguments of a transitive structure are determined by two factors: their positions in the Animacy Heirarchy with respect to one another, and the presence or absence of the Inverse marker ''ta-'' affix on both the main verb and the auxiliary.
 # ''Nan rompóy yashpa tā'itá' '' "The man hit the dog"  (''nan''/man = Agent, ''rompóy''/dog = Patient; Direct Voice - Past Tense)