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Skerre nouns are not obligatorily marked for number, yet there are two number(-like) categories present: the distributive and collective. The distributive is marked with partical reduplication: the reduplicant consists of the base’s initial syllable with a long vowel, e.g. ''kina'' ‘bird’ – ''kiikina'' ‘various birds’. The distributive signals a number of individuated entities distributed over space, time, or types. The collective is marked with the prefix ''tin''-, as in ''tinkina'' ‘flock of birds’. The collective signals that the group is to be considered as a whole. | Skerre nouns are not obligatorily marked for number, yet there are two number(-like) categories present: the distributive and collective. The distributive is marked with partical reduplication: the reduplicant consists of the base’s initial syllable with a long vowel, e.g. ''kina'' ‘bird’ – ''kiikina'' ‘various birds’. The distributive signals a number of individuated entities distributed over space, time, or types. The collective is marked with the prefix ''tin''-, as in ''tinkina'' ‘flock of birds’. The collective signals that the group is to be considered as a whole. | ||
=== Prenominals === | |||
Syntactic relationships between nouns and other parts of sentences are signaled by function words before the noun, which have been called prenominals. These function words encode both status (proper or common) and syntactic function (including what adpositions normally encode). The forms are: | Syntactic relationships between nouns and other parts of sentences are signaled by function words before the noun, which have been called prenominals. These function words encode both status (proper or common) and syntactic function (including what adpositions normally encode). The forms are: | ||
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Some example possessed nouns include ''wiyet-he'' ‘my boat’; ''ana-sa'' ‘her mother’. | Some example possessed nouns include ''wiyet-he'' ‘my boat’; ''ana-sa'' ‘her mother’. | ||
==== | ==== Demonstratives ==== | ||
Skerre has a three-way distinction in demonstrative pronouns and adjectives (identical forms are used for the two classes of function): | |||
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! colspan="3" |Demonstratives | |||
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! proximal | |||
| tii || this (associated with 1st person) | |||
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! medial | |||
| tena || that (associated with 2nd person) | |||
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! distal | |||
| taar || that, that yonder (associated with 3rd person) | |||
|} | |||
==== | ==== Interrogatives ==== | ||
The three most central question words in Skerre are ''sina'' ‘who’, ''tseyi'' ‘what’, and ''rowa'' ‘where’. The last usually appears with a location/direction-related [[Skerre#Prenominals|prenominal]]. | |||
=== Numerals === | === Numerals === | ||
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! Number !! Skerre | |||
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| 1 || yaat | |||
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| 2 || haas | |||
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| 3 || siya | |||
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| 4 || quee | |||
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| 5 || yaan | |||
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| 6 || yaan-yaat | |||
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| 7 || yaan-haas | |||
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| 8 || yaan-siya | |||
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| 9 || yaan-quee | |||
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| 10 || waar | |||
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| 11 || waar-yaat | |||
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| 12 || waar-haas | |||
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| 20 || ari | |||
|} | |||
As is evident from the use of ''yaan'' ‘five’ and ''waar'' ‘ten’ as bases for higher numbers, Skerre has a biquinary number system. | |||
=== Verbs === | === Verbs === | ||
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;Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1: | ;Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1: | ||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = Enar a yiket e riyos tsire ri riki te oowaatitaari ne | |||
| gloss = be.born ABS all GEN.C person free and equal LOC.C respectfulness COM.C | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = oosiʔan. Hihena-ti a tsaats ne oosekos ri eʔaka-ti | |||
| gloss = justice IPFV.share-3PL.SU ABS thought COM.C morality and POT.do-3PL.SU | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = ye kari-te tsonar te sita e isorit. | |||
| gloss = DAT self-3PL.POSS mutually LOC.C manner GEN.C agreement | |||
}} | |||
'''"All persons are born free and equal in respectfulness and justice. They share thought and morality and should mutually act towards themselves in the manner of harmony."''' | |||
==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||