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Revision as of 07:16, 3 May 2025

Noun pluralization

Nouns are declined for number with different models, depending on the class to which they belong:

  • Consonantal class: The last vowel is reduplicated and placed at the end of the word. If this vowel is long, its reduplicated form is shortened.
  • Vocalic class: If the noun ends in a short vowel, this vowel is lenghtened. If the last vowel is long, this vowel undergoes breaking or diphthongization. The vowel ə does not undergo any change.

Examples:

sing. tɬʼīx → plur. tɬʼīxi
sing. gāβra → plur. gāβrā
sing. βā → plur. βwa

There is, however, a certain amount of irregularities and exceptions to these rules. For example:

sing. βūβ → plur. βujβ

Noun declension

Nouns are also declined in case by adding the following endings to the base form of the noun:

consonantal
class
vocalic
class
nominative
-
accusative
-ɴ / əɴ1
gen.-dat.
-uɟ
instrumental
-iq -q
locative
-aʈ