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real marking of plurality of nouns. | real marking of plurality of nouns. | ||
In the verbal morphology, | In the verbal morphology, transitivity is clearly marked. Verbs also | ||
inflect for person and voice. Tense and aspect are much less important. | inflect for person and voice. Tense and aspect are much less important. | ||
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For example, the antipassive voice is formed by an infix that comes after the first consonant of a word. For words that begin with a hard consonant, the infix is '''am''' /am/ (which contains a hard consonant) e.g. | For example, the antipassive voice is formed by an infix that comes after the first consonant of a word. For words that begin with a hard consonant, the infix is '''am''' /am/ (which contains a hard consonant) e.g. | ||
*zuutlòeji /zuːtɬɘʱɟi/ - to know (a person), | *zuutlòeji /zuːtɬɘʱɟi/ - to know (a person), dependent | ||
*zamuutlòeji /zamuːtɬɘʱɟi/ - to know (a person), | *zamuutlòeji /zamuːtɬɘʱɟi/ - to know (a person), dependent, antipassive | ||
However, if the word begins with a soft consonant, the infix is '''emy''' /emʲ/ e.g. | However, if the word begins with a soft consonant, the infix is '''emy''' /emʲ/ e.g. | ||
*pyi-uu /pʲiʔuː/ - to purify, | *pyi-uu /pʲiʔuː/ - to purify, dependent | ||
*pyemyi-uu /pʲemʲiʔuː/ - to purify, | *pyemyi-uu /pʲemʲiʔuː/ - to purify, dependent, antipassive | ||
*hli-õ /ɬiʔɔ/ - to perform, | *hli-õ /ɬiʔɔ/ - to perform, dependent | ||
*hlemyi-õ /ɬemʲiʔɔ/ - to perform, | *hlemyi-õ /ɬemʲiʔɔ/ - to perform, dependent, antipassive (not *(hlemi-õ) /ɬmiʔɔ/) | ||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||