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Peshpeg displays a three-way split in its morphological alignment.  The nominal class system follows a nominative-accusative pattern among Class I nouns, an ergative-absolutive pattern in Class II nouns, and a direct alignment in its Class III nouns.  The nominative-accusative pattern marks direct objects with the submorpheme ''-j-''.  The ergative-absolutive system is distinguished by the submorpheme ''-d-'' for ergative arguments.  The direct alignment system has zero-marking on all core arguments, and makes no number distinction at all.
Peshpeg displays a three-way split in its morphological alignment, reflecting the nominal system's animacy hierarchy.  The nominal class system follows a nominative-accusative pattern among Class I nouns, an ergative-absolutive pattern in Class II nouns, and a direct alignment in its Class III nouns.  The nominative-accusative pattern marks direct objects with the submorpheme ''-j-''.  The ergative-absolutive system is distinguished by the submorpheme ''-d-'' for ergative arguments.  The direct alignment system has zero-marking on all core arguments, and makes no number distinction at all.


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