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===Nouns===
===Nouns===
===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Classical Meskangela has five verb classes, based on their stem ending:
*'''class I''': stem ends in a vowel (including diphthongs) – ''lwān/lwajan'' “to be easy”, ''bëjan'' “to give”;
*'''class II''': stem ends in ''-n'' – ''ryunan'' “to flow”, ''khanan'' “to shine”, ''wīnan'' “to be far”;
*'''class III''': stem ends in ''-l'' – ''stalan'' “to acquire”, ''zēlan'' “to be surrounded”, ''sëkīlan'' “to bind”;
*'''class IV''': stem ends in ''-s'' or ''-r'' – ''gunasan'' “to rest”, ''khoran'' “to cry”, ''bëskyuran'' “to interpret/to translate”;
*'''class V''': stem ends in other consonants – ''cyukan'' “to trust”, ''latatan'' “to observe”, ''chōtan'' “to be pierced”.
Each class has its own conjugation pattern.
====Intransitive verbs====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! rowspan=2|
! colspan=5| Present
! colspan=5| Preterite
|-
! <small>singular</small>
!<small>dual incl.</small>
!<small>dual. excl.</small>
!<small>plur. incl.</small>
!<small>plur. excl.</small>
! <small>singular</small>
!<small>dual incl.</small>
!<small>dual. excl.</small>
!<small>plur. incl.</small>
!<small>plur. excl.</small>
|-
! 1st person
| ''-ŋa''
| ''-ci''
| ''-ce''
| ''-ŋi''
| ''-ŋe''
| ''-iŋka''
| ''-isti''
| ''-icce''
| ''-inkyi''
| ''-inkye''
|-
! 2nd person
| ''-na''
| colspan=2| ''-nsi''
| colspan=2| ''-ni''
| ''-inta''
| colspan=2| ''-issyi''
| colspan=2| ''-intyi''
|-
! 3rd person
| ''-ka''
| colspan=2| ''-ŋki''
| colspan=2| ''-kyi''
| ''-ikka''
| colspan=2| ''-iski''
| colspan=2| ''-ikkyi''
|-
! Inanimate
| ''-ā''
| colspan=2| ''-sye''
| colspan=2| ''-ai''
| ''-itā''
| colspan=2| ''-istye''
| colspan=2| ''-itai''
|-
|}
====Transitive verbs====


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