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{{PAGENAME}} is a fusional language; it evolved a noun class system. | {{PAGENAME}} is a fusional language; it evolved a noun class system. | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Nouns are inflected for number, case/state and possession. | |||
Nouns in the absolute state are inflected in nominative and genitive cases. The case inflections are only used for the last noun in a construct noun phrase. For a possessed noun, the construct state is used. The singular and plural also have different case-state affixes. | Nouns in the absolute state are inflected in nominative and genitive cases. The case inflections are only used for the last noun in a construct noun phrase. For a possessed noun, the construct state is used. The singular and plural also have different case-state affixes. | ||