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 '''3) Case:'''
-Although nouns are not overtly marked for gender or number by inflection or clitics, they do take case marking clitics that attach to the end of the noun or noun phrase.  There are two core nominal arguments:  the Absolutive which receives zero marking, and the Ergative clitic =''de''. The Genitive derives from the same ''=de'' clitic as the Ergative,  and in most declension tables are thus listed as the Ergative-Genitive case.  However, there are several allomorphs  where the Ergative and the Genitive diverge in form, as illustrated in the following table:
+Although nouns are not overtly marked for gender or number by inflection or clitics, they do take case marking clitics that attach to the end of the noun or noun phrase.  There are two core nominal arguments:  the Absolutive which receives zero marking, and the Ergative clitic =''de''. The Genitive derives from the same ''=de'' clitic as the Ergative,  and in most declension tables are thus listed as the Ergative-Genitive case. The Vocative, also known as the Familiar or Intimate Vocative, is etymologically related to the vocative particle ''ayye'', which is used in formal situations.  The Oblique cases are clitics indicating position or direction, or under certain circumstances, the semantic or derived direct object.  Most of these clitics have corresponding verbal applicative affixes.
 ==== Ergative and Genitive ====