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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

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

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 | || <center><small>consonantal<br>class</small></center> || <center><small>vocalic<br>class</small></center>
 |-
-| style="width: 100px;"| <center><small>''nominative''</small></center> || style="width: 60px;"| - ||
+| style="width: 100px;"| <center><small>''nominative''</small></center> || style="width: 60px;"| - || -
 |-
 | <center><small>''accusative''</small></center> || -ɴ / əɴ<sup><small>1</small></sup> || -ɴ