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There are a multitude of declensional classes in the Hrasic languages, below are the four most common ones. These decline with either a marked dual-collective or a marked singulative number.
There are a multitude of declensional classes in the Hrasic languages, below are the four most common ones. These decline with either a marked dual-collective or a marked singulative number.


=====I class animate=====
=====Animate unmarked collective=====
In the animate gender ({{sc|an}}), most of the times the collective goes unmarked. This class is the so-called first class animate.
In the animate gender ({{sc|an}}), most of the times the collective goes unmarked. Nouns in this class are called "animate unmarked collectives" ({{sc|unm.an}}).


{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;"
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|-
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|pig.{{sc|c1.an}}
|pig.{{sc|unm.an}}
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}}
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}}


!
!


|pig.{{sc|c1.an}}
|pig.{{sc|unm.an}}
| -{{sc|nom.dc.}}
| -{{sc|nom.dc.}}


!
!


|pig.{{sc|c1.an}}
|pig.{{sc|unm.an}}
| -{{sc|nom.pl.}}
| -{{sc|nom.pl.}}


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=====II class animate=====
=====Animate marked collective=====
Not all animates have a marked singulative, however. The second class of animate nouns ({{sc|c2.an}}) has a marked collective instead.
Not all animates have a marked singulative, however. The second class of animate nouns ({{sc|ma.an}}) has a marked collective instead.


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| colspan="2"|/ˈtɪæn/
| colspan="2"|/ˈtɪænʊ/


!
!


| colspan="2"|/əˈtɪæn/
| colspan="2"|/əˈtɪænʊ/


!
!
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|-
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|man.{{sc|c2.an}}
|man.{{sc|ma.an}}
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}}
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}}


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| {{sc|nom.dc.}}-
| {{sc|nom.dc.}}-
|man.{{sc|c2.an}}
|man.{{sc|ma.an}}


!
!


|man.{{sc|c2.an}}
|man.{{sc|ma.an}}
| -{{sc|nom.pl}}
| -{{sc|nom.pl}}


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=====I class inanimate=====
=====Inanimate unmarked collective=====
The first class of inanimates  ({{sc|c1.inan}}) has an unmarked collective. Nouns in this class are often [[w:collective nouns|collective nouns]].
The first class of inanimates  ({{sc|unm.inan}}) has an unmarked collective. Nouns in this class are often [[w:collective nouns|collective nouns]].


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|wheat.{{sc|c1.inan}}
|wheat.{{sc|unm.inan}}
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}}
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}}


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|wheat.{{sc|c1.inan}}
|wheat.{{sc|unm.inan}}
| -{{sc|nom.dc.}}
| -{{sc|nom.dc.}}


!
!


|wheat.{{sc|c1.inan}}
|wheat.{{sc|unm.inan}}
| -{{sc|nom.pl}}
| -{{sc|nom.pl}}


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=====II class inanimate=====
=====Inanimate marked collective=====
Concerning class 2 inanimate nouns ({{sc|c2.inan}}), the singulative most often goes unmarked, just like class 2 animates.
Amongst the second class of inanimate nouns ({{sc|ma.inan}}), the singulative most often goes unmarked, just like the second class of animates.


{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;"
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|-
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|box.{{sc|c2.inan}}
|box.{{sc|ma.inan}}
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}}
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}}


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| {{sc|nom.dc.}}-
| {{sc|nom.dc.}}-
|box.{{sc|c2.inan}}
|box.{{sc|ma.inan}}


!
!


|box.{{sc|c2.inan}}
|box.{{sc|ma.inan}}
| -{{sc|nom.pl}}
| -{{sc|nom.pl}}