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Proto-Tsimulh had a noun class system like the Bantu languages. There were 12 noun classes, which are numbered as follows: | Proto-Tsimulh had a noun class system like the Bantu languages. There were 12 noun classes, which are numbered as follows: | ||
#''ʔə́-'', pl. ''cə́-'' = humans, spirits | #''ʔə́-'', pl. ''cə́-'' = humans, spirits | ||
#''bú-'', pl. ''də́-'' = animals and other things (such as weather phenomena and organs) that move on their own | #''bú-'', pl. ''də́-'' = animals and other things (such as weather phenomena and organs) that sense or move on their own | ||
#''pà-'', pl. ''pí-'' = plants and mushrooms; things that grow, food | #''pà-'', pl. ''pí-'' = most plants and mushrooms; things that grow, food | ||
#''sə̀-'', pl. ''sì-'' = collections or large things | #''sə̀-'', pl. ''sì-'' = collections or large things | ||
#''sù-'', pl. ''σə́-'' = roughly round, compact objects | #''sù-'', pl. ''σə́-'' = roughly round, compact objects | ||