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===Voice===
===Voice===
As the subject and object of a verb are determined by the animacy hierarchy, verbs do not have a canonical voice. Instead there are affixes that raise or lower the verb's valence, i.e. make the verb take one more or one less argument.
As the subject and object of a verb are determined by the animacy hierarchy, verbs do not have active or passive voices. Instead there are affixes that raise or lower the verb's valence, i.e. make the verb take one more or one less argument.


Here are the morphological voices:
Here are the morphological voices:
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