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 ==Morphology==
+===Nouns===
-===Verbal morphology===
+Nominal morphology is sparse in Van. Number is not marked, but definiteness and state of possession is (both with syncretic: ''ha-'').
+===Demonstratives and quantifiers===
+===Pronouns===
+===Verbal inflection===
 Verbs are morphologically simple in Van and the few inflections which exist compound in an agglutinative fashion according to the following principle: '''stem''' + '''mode''' + '''voice'''.
 ====Mode====
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 ====Voice====
 Two voices are recognised in Van, the active ({{sc|act}}) and the nonactive ({{sc|nonact}}). Of these, the default voice is the active one which is unmarked. The nonactive is indicated by an '''-s''' suffix.
 ===Derivational morphology===
-====Nouns====
+====Derived verbs====
+It is quite easy to create new verbs: any noun or stem can be turned into a verb by adding the appropriate mode suffix ('''-a''' for dynamic verbs or '''-e''' for stative verbs).
+====Derived nouns====
 There are several semantically-restricted options for creating a new noun from a verb.
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 *'''ha-tok''' ‘a chicken’ → '''ha-toktok''' {{CIPA|[ʔa̰d̪ɔg̚d̪ɔ̰k̞͡x̞]}} ‘poultry’
 *'''ha-lilov''' ‘a being’ → '''ha-lililov''' ‘humanity’ ( and not **ha-lilovlilov)
-====Verbs====
-It is quite easy to create new verbs: any noun or stem can be turned into a verb by adding the appropriate mode suffix ('''-a''' for dynamic verbs or '''-e''' for stative verbs).
-===Nominal morphology===
-Nominal morphology is sparse in Van. Number is not marked, but definiteness and state of possession is (both with syncretic: ''ha-'').
 ==Syntax==