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Voice is indicated through apophony (gradation) of the ''theme vowel'', which refers to the nucleus of the verb root's stressed syllable. Grade 1 forms the antipassive, and grade 2 the middle voice. | Voice is indicated through apophony (gradation) of the ''theme vowel'', which refers to the nucleus of the verb root's stressed syllable. Grade 1 forms the antipassive, and grade 2 the middle voice. | ||
These theme vowels also correlate with the ''class'' of the verb, which indicates the vowel used in person-number-tense/aspect | These theme vowels also correlate with the ''class'' of the verb, which indicates the vowel used in person-number-tense/aspect conjugation. Because the gradation by theme vowel is unique in each class (i.e. no theme vowel has grades which also occur as theme vowels within the same class), and the class vowel appears in conjugational endings, base verbs are generally not ambiguous with gradations of other verbs except in the infinitive (i.e. the verb root on its own). | ||
Below is a breakdown of gradations sorted according to class vowel and theme vowel: | Below is a breakdown of gradations sorted according to class vowel and theme vowel: | ||
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====Thematic anaptyxis==== | ====Thematic anaptyxis==== | ||
===Morphophonology of nouns=== | ===Morphophonology of nouns=== | ||
====Class-dependent anaptyxis==== | ====Class-dependent anaptyxis==== | ||