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*Class I nouns, | *Class I nouns, | ||
#Morphologically follow a nominative-accusative pattern, marking | #Morphologically follow a nominative-accusative pattern, marking patient arguments with the suffixes ''-jor/-jomu''. | ||
#These nouns occupy the topmost level of the animacy hierarchy. | #These nouns occupy the topmost level of the animacy hierarchy. | ||
#Typically are male humans, or consist of nouns that are associated with male attributes, particularly weapons. Divinities, supernatural events, wolves, horses, and moving bodies of water also fall within this class. | #Typically are male humans, or consist of nouns that are associated with male attributes, particularly weapons. Divinities, supernatural events, wolves, horses, and moving bodies of water also fall within this class. | ||