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* The ergative in the examples above also serves as a genitive marker, as in Yup'ik. | * The ergative in the examples above also serves as a genitive marker, as in Yup'ik. | ||
* The Upper Minhast dialects, as can be seen in this text sample, show the greatest amount of conservatism, and all are mutually intelligible with each other, although the Dog Speaker dialect has diverged enough such that speakers of the other Upper Minhast dialects report difficulties in understanding it. | * The Upper Minhast dialects, as can be seen in this text sample, show the greatest amount of conservatism, and all are mutually intelligible with each other, although the Dog Speaker dialect has diverged enough such that speakers of the other Upper Minhast dialects report difficulties in understanding it. | ||
* Modern Standard Minhast (MSM) is closest, at least in | * Modern Standard Minhast (MSM) is closest, at least in morphology and syntax, to the Dog Speaker dialect. However, without prior exposure, the Dog Speakers consider the national language difficult to understand, because MSM was created as a compromise dialect. The grammar, while being derived from Upper Minhast, has over half of its lexicon drawn from Lower Minhast. | ||
* For whatever reason, the Osprey speakers treat ''baktet'' "tattoo" as an animate noun. Like the IE languages that retain gender distinctions, gender can be discordant in Minhast too. | * For whatever reason, the Osprey speakers treat ''baktet'' "tattoo" as an animate noun. Like the IE languages that retain gender distinctions, gender can be discordant in Minhast too. | ||
* The Gull Speaker text shows some features found in the Upper Minhast text, and others in the Osprey Speaker text. Features in the Gull Speaker text not found in the other texts are the underlying form of the polypersonal agreement affix ''-unkem-'', and the surface realization of the Ergative clitic after sandhi processes have been applied. | * The Gull Speaker text shows some features found in the Upper Minhast text, and others in the Osprey Speaker text. Features in the Gull Speaker text not found in the other texts are the underlying form of the polypersonal agreement affix ''-unkem-'', and the surface realization of the Ergative clitic after sandhi processes have been applied. | ||