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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: | ||
#''ʔə-'', pl. ''cə-'' = humans, spirits | #''ʔə-'', pl. ''cə-'' = humans, spirits | ||
#''bu-'', pl. ''də-'' = animals and other things that move on their own | #''bu-'', pl. ''də-'' = animals and other things that move on their own | ||
#''p-'', pl. ''əpi-'' = plants and mushrooms; things that grow | #''p-'', pl. ''əpi-'' = plants and mushrooms; things that grow | ||