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 ====Noun classes====
 Sacred Swutsim 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-''
-#''bu-'', pl. ''də-'' = animals and other things that move on their own
+#''bu-'', pl. ''də-''
-#''p-'', pl. ''əpi-'' = plants and mushrooms; things that grow
+#''p-'', pl. ''əpi-''
-#''s-'', pl. ''dus-'' = collections or large things: ''scʼaσ'' 'forest'
+#''s-'', pl. ''dus-''
-#''ut-'', pl. ''pσə-'' = roughly round, compact objects
+#''ut-'', pl. ''pσə-''
-#''ma-'', pl. ''əwə-'' = long objects; tools, instruments, devices
+#''ma-'', pl. ''əwə-''
-#''č-'', pl. ''abi-'' = places, locations, slots
+#''č-'', pl. ''abi-''
-#''gu-'', pl. ''n-'' = various... including fluids (powder, water, liquids, fire, light, waves, wind, ...)
+#''gu-'', pl. ''n-''
-#''σi-'', pl. ''wi-'' = time periods; events; things that are temporary (e.g. ice)
+#''σi-'', pl. ''wi-''
-#''t-'' = abstractions, manner, way
+#''t-''
-#''t’im-'' = infinitives, verbal nouns
+#''t’im-''
-#''pda-'' = -ness, -hood
+#''pda-''
 ====Cases====