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==== Nouns ====
==== Nouns ====


The nominal system, at first glance, appears very simple. They are not inflected for case, gender, nor do adpositions indicate their directional or positional relationships.  Number is distinguished only in pronouns. Nevertheless, the nominal system has a complex heirarchy of animacy, which although unmarked, is a semantic feature of the noun and pronoun. Where a given NP falls within the animacy heirarchy must be memorized in order to use the verbal inverse prefix ''tā(h)-'' correctly
The nominal system, at first glance, appears very simple. They are not inflected for case, gender, nor do adpositions indicate their directional or positional relationships.  Number is distinguished only in pronouns. Nevertheless, the nominal system has a complex heirarchy of animacy, which although unmarked, is a semantic feature of the noun and pronoun. Where a given NP falls within the animacy heirarchy must be memorized in order to use the verbal inverse prefix ''tā(h)-'' correctly (see section on Verbs regarding inverse marking).


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