Verse:Hmøøh/USB

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Tizian consonants
Labial Coronal Lateral Velar Radical Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k ʡ
voiced b d g
voiceless aspirated
voiced aspirated
Fricative voiceless f θ s ɬ x ħ h
voiced v ð z ɮ ɣ ʕ
Affricate plain ts dz tɬ dɮ
aspirated tsʰ dzʰ tɬʰ dɮʱ
Approximant w j
Trill r
Lateral app. l

Nouns

Declension
Number→ Generic Partitive Singulative Plurative
Definiteness→ Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Unpossessed
1sg
2sg
3sg.animate
3sg.inanimate
1ex
1in
2pl
3pl.animate
3pl.inanimate
Partitive

Pronouns

The first person singular can be used as an impersonal pronoun.

Verbs

Split ergativity

The ergative particle le is used before an ergative noun phrase. 1st and 2nd person arguments induce nominative/accusative alignment on both nouns and verbs.