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== Morphology == | == Morphology == | ||
=== Nouns === | === Nouns === | ||
Nouns fall into 3 genders (human, animate and inanimate) and have number (sg, du, pl), case (abs erg gen lat loc voc) | Nouns fall into 3 genders (human, animate and inanimate) and have number (sg, du, pl), case (abs erg gen lat loc voc). Possessed forms have unpredictable stems and comes from proto-forms that had a different stress pattern than absolute forms. | ||
The locative is used with prepositions to indicate location and is the default prepositional case; when the lative is used the same prepositions indicate destination, and when the ergative is used they indicate "motion from". | The locative is used with prepositions to indicate location and is the default prepositional case; when the lative is used the same prepositions indicate destination, and when the ergative is used they indicate "motion from". | ||
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article nă + various mutations (also relativizer) | article nă + various mutations (also relativizer) | ||
==== Possessive prefixes ==== | ==== Possessive prefixes ==== | ||
sèmpèngàn > sệpăng 'garment' | |||
hísèmpèngàn 'my garment' > ispăng 'my garment' | |||
=== Adjectives === | === Adjectives === | ||