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==Morphology== | ==Noun Morphology== | ||
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Nouns decline into three cases, Absolutive, Ergative and Comitative. Absolutive case is unmarked while the other two use vowel changes on the final vowel and/or suffixes. Nouns can also take demonstrative and possessive prefixes. | Nouns decline into three cases, Absolutive, Ergative and Comitative. Absolutive case is unmarked while the other two use vowel changes on the final vowel and/or suffixes. Nouns can also take demonstrative and possessive prefixes. | ||
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====Comitative Case==== | |||
How this is formed also depends on the frontness and phonation of the final vowel: | How this is formed also depends on the frontness and phonation of the final vowel: | ||
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=====Last Vowel of Abs. Form has Modal Voice===== | |||
======Last Vowel of Abs. Form is not a Back Vowel====== | |||
In this | In this | ||
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======Last Vowel of Abs. Form is a Back Vowel====== | |||
In this | In this | ||
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=====Other Cases===== | |||
If the last vowel of the absolutive form has tense or breathy voice, the comitative is formed differently. Here, it is formed by taking the ergative, deleting any final /ɴ/ or | If the last vowel of the absolutive form has tense or breathy voice, the comitative is formed differently. Here, it is formed by taking the ergative, deleting any final /ɴ/ or | ||
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<h2> | <h2>Verb / Adjective Morphology</h2> | ||
There is no distinction between adjectives | There is no distinction between adjectives | ||