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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:
#''ʔə́-'', pl. ''cə́-'' = humans, spirits
#''ʔə́-'', pl. ''cə́-'' = humans, spirits
#''bú-'', pl. ''də́-'' = animals and other things that move on their own
#''bú-'', pl. ''də́-'' = animals and other things (such as weather phenomena and organs) that move on their own
#''pà-'', pl. ''pí-'' = plants and mushrooms; things that grow, food
#''pà-'', pl. ''pí-'' = plants and mushrooms; things that grow, food
#''sə̀-'', pl. ''sì-'' = collections or large things
#''sə̀-'', pl. ''sì-'' = collections or large things
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