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* For whatever reason, the Osprey speakers treat ''baktet'' "tattoo" as an animate noun. Like the IE languages that retain gender distinctions, gender can be discordant in Minhast too. | * For whatever reason, the Osprey speakers treat ''baktet'' "tattoo" as an animate noun. Like the IE languages that retain gender distinctions, gender can be discordant in Minhast too. | ||
* The Gull Speaker text shows some features found in the Upper Minhast text, and others in the Osprey Speaker text. Features in the Gull Speaker text not found in the other texts are the underlying form of the polypersonal agreement affix ''-unkem-'', and the surface realization of the Ergative clitic after sandhi processes have been applied. | * The Gull Speaker text shows some features found in the Upper Minhast text, and others in the Osprey Speaker text. Features in the Gull Speaker text not found in the other texts are the underlying form of the polypersonal agreement affix ''-unkem-'', and the surface realization of the Ergative clitic after sandhi processes have been applied. | ||
* The Stone Speaker dialect displays the greatest divergence from the other dialects phonologically, grammatically, and lexically. It was because of these differences that Dr. Tashunka has classified it as a separate dialect, which has become largely accepted among linguists today. | * The Stone Speaker dialect displays the greatest divergence from the other dialects phonologically, grammatically, and lexically. It was because of these differences that [[Minhast/Dialectology#The Tashunka Model| Dr. Tashunka]] has classified it as a separate dialect, which has become largely accepted among linguists today. | ||
== Phylogenic Models == | == Phylogenic Models == | ||