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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Morphology=== | ===Morphology=== | ||
===Case=== | |||
The following particles and clitics commonly act as case markers: | |||
* -T, ''partitive'', indicates that a phrase is the source in some manner (e.g. the population source of another object, the source of the action, the owner of an object, etc). | |||
:: Often used in a nominative, genitive, partitive and ablative role. | |||
* -m, ''direct object marker'', indicates that a verb is affecting this object somehow. | |||
:: Often used to form accusatives. | |||
* -i, ''indirect object marker'', indicates that the phrase is contextually important | |||
:: Often used to form relative phrases, indirect and benefactive objects, and adjectival/descriptive phrases. | |||
From -T, the following cases were devised later on: | |||
* -s(i), ''nominative'' & ''genitive'': descended from underlying -T, a partitive suffix. | |||
:: This case formed thanks to either the lenition or palatalisation of -T (since -T is often found in conjunction with *y), and is used to turn a phrase into a modifier for another; the use of this lax-partitive then | |||
* -m-, often combined with the lax-partitive to form various object markers | |||
===Pronouns=== | |||
The underlying roots used for most pronouns are: | |||
* -m- | |||
* -t- | |||
''... and ...'' | |||
* -k- ("(this) place") | |||
* -y- (" | |||
===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||