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===Lexical Categories===
===Lexical Categories===


Wistanian has four traditional lexical categories (parts of speech): the noun ('''davagg'''), the verb ('''anai'''), the particle ('''mauvaldul'''), and the honorifics ('''garajil''').  
Wistanian has six lexical categories, the noun, verb, particle, coordinator, honorific, and interjection.  


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Nouns
! style="text-align: center;" | Nouns
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic;" | davagg
| Any word that can act as a subject or object the verb and is able to be either the head or attributive in a compound.
| Any word that takes on nominal morphology and can act as a subject or object the verb.
|-
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | Verbs
! style="text-align: center;" | Verbs
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic;" | anai
| Any word that takes on verbal morphology and describes a state or action.
| Any word that takes on verbal morphology.
|-
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | Particles
! style="text-align: center;" | Particles
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic;" | mauvaldul
| Any word that has a grammatical role and cannot take on any additional morphemes.
| Any word that has a grammatical role and cannot take on any additional morphemes.
|-
! Coordinator
| Any word that connects two or more words of a similar lexical category or two or more clauses.
|-
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | Honorifics
! style="text-align: center;" | Honorifics
| style="text-align: center; font-style:italic;" | garajil
| A polite title used with many proper nouns.
| A polite title used with many proper nouns.
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | Interjection
| Any word that can stand alone and expresses a feeling or platitude.
|}
|}


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