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 ===Classifiers===
-Hlau classifiers inflect for number. They often have suppletive plural forms. For example, ''zjog'' means either 'a person' or 'people'; ''ne zjog'' means 'the person'; ''stae zjog'' means 'the people'.
+Hlau classifiers inflect for number. They often have suppletive plural forms. For example, ''Nob'' means either 'a person' or 'people'; ''nges Nob'' means 'the person'; ''täl Nob'' means 'the people'.
-The following classifiers are used:
-*''ne'', pl. ''stae'' = animates (humans, more "animate" animals like pets)
-*''tja'', pl. ''jes'' = honorific form of ''ne''
-*''kveo'', pl. ''fli'' = organisms not viewed as sentient: plants, fungi, bacteria, "lower" animals, pests
-*''mae'', pl. ''mae'' = tiny, point-like objects; mass nouns
-**Units of measurement can be used such as cups, pails, ...
-*''oets'', pl. ''al'' = long, thin objects
-*''hy'', pl. ''zoe'' = flat sheets
-*''gi'', pl. ''kru'' = food items
-*''raev'', pl. ''sja'' = abstractions; intellectual works such as art, books, ...
-*''mo'', pl. ''lu'' = manmade structures: houses, buildings, cities; tools
-*Units of measurement do not take classifiers with numerals.
 ===Numerals===