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====Grammatical gender and animacy==== | ====Grammatical gender and animacy==== | ||
There are two grammatical genders: animate and inanimate. The animate gender has two subdivisions: masculine and feminine. These are all generally listed as masculine, feminine and neuter gender. | |||
{| | (See also ‘Animacy and volition’ below) | ||
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| | ====Grammatical number and quantifier affixes==== | ||
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| | There are two systems of grammatical number: i) for nouns, Collective 1, Dual, Singulative, Collective 2; ii) for pronouns, the numbers Singular, Dual, Plural and Indefinite. | ||
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(See also “__*number*__” below) | |||
=====Grammatical number markers for nouns===== | |||
The determiners account for definiteness as well as for number: | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" | |||
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! Number !! Definiteness !! Marker | |||
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| rowspan="2"|{{sc|col}} Collective || Indefinite || -Ø | |||
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| Definite || -Vr | |||
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| rowspan="2"|{{sc|dual}} Dual || Indefinite || -Vt | |||
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| Definite || -VmVm | |||
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| rowspan="2"|{{sc|sg}} Singulative || Indefinite || -Vm | |||
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| Definite || -Vx | |||
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| rowspan="2"|{{sc|col2}} Collective 2* || Indefinite || -lVt | |||
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| Definite || -lVm | |||
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:<nowiki>*</nowiki> The number “Collective 2” reffers to collectives or complete sets of a noun; e.g. ''ne'' trees, ''nelet'' a.forest | |||
The indefinite markers are referential. Non-referential indefinites are | |||
====Grammatical case==== | ====Grammatical case==== | ||
====Declension particles and affixes==== | ====Declension particles and affixes==== | ||