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Noun declension

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

	Class I		Class II
	singular	plural	singular	plural
ergative	-liə	-liəno
absolutive	-	-no	-	-no
genitive	-ra	-rano	-ra	-rano
dative	-xə	-xəno	-xə	-xəno
causative	-xəw	-xəwno	-xəw	-xəwno
abessive			-giəl	-giəlno

Some examples are shown below: a class I noun, papəw, father, and a class II noun, sōgo, house. |-

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papu

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sṓgo

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plural

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plural

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agentive

|| papuli || papunoli || ||

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passive

|| papu || papuno || sṓgo || sṓgono

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ablative

|| papušu || papunošu || sṓgošu || sṓgonošu

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genitive

|| papura || papunora || ||

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dative

|| papuɣɑ || papunoɣɑ || sṓgoɣɑ || sṓgonoɣɑ

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causative

|| papukhu || papunokhu || sṓgokhu || sṓgonokhu

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instrumental

|| || || sṓgokhɑ || sṓgonokhɑ

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abessive

|| || || sṓgogil || sṓgonogil

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locative

|| || || sṓgotsar || sṓgonotsar

|} As for the rules, the endings for the secondary oblique cases cannot be added to a 1^st class noun, while the endings for the primary main cases cannot be added to a 2^st class noun.