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 Rules for possession will be discussed at greater length below.
+==== Vocative ====
+The vocative is expressed in Teonaht by an initial mutation. In direct address, the initial letters of Teonaht nouns will "aspirate" or "fricatize":
+* '''Vowels''' will acquire an "h": '''Ha Hahtttely!"'''
+* '''Stops''' will become fricatives:
+** p becomes "hp" or "f": '''Ha Hpetr!''' ("Peter"), and pronounced "fetr."
+** b becomes "hb" or "v": '''Ha Hbarin, ha Varin!''' ("Barin").
+** t become "ht": '''Ha htamolin!''' ("My children").
+** d becomes "hd": '''Ha Hdavyd''' ("David").
+** k become "hk": '''Ha Hkahtryn''' ("Katherine").
+** g becomes "hg": '''Ha hgwenhda''' ("little girl"--note how in these two the second syllable mutates as well from '''Katryn''' to '''Hkahtryn''' and '''gwenda''' to '''hgwenhda''').
+** '''Nasals''' are "aspirated":
+*** m becomes "hm": '''Ha hmeo!''' ("sir")
+*** n becomes "hn"
+*** ng becomes "hng"
+** As are the '''glides''':
+*** w becomes "hw":
+*** l becomes "hl":
+*** u becomes "hu":
+*** r becomes "hr":
+** '''Fricatives''' become affricates:
+*** f becomes "pf"
+*** v becomes "bv"
+*** ht becomes "tht"
+*** hd becomes "dhd"
+*** s becomes "ts"
+*** z becomes "dz"
+*** hs becomes "ths" or "c"
+*** j becomes "dj"
+*** h becomes silent
+*** hk becomes "khk" (which ends up sounding a little bit like "cr" in Fr. '''je crains'''
+*** hg becomes "ghg" (ditto: a little like "gr" in Fr. '''grand'''
+**'''Affricates''' lose their affricating element, as do the '''aspirated nasals''' their aspiration:
+*** ts becomes "s"
+*** dz becomes "z"
+*** c becomes "hs"
+*** dj becomes "j"
+*** hm becomes "m"
+*** hn becomes "n"
+*** hng becomes "ng"
 ==Syntax==