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Noun declension

Nouns are declined for number by changing the last vowel of the noun root. The general vowel changes are:

e → i

ä → ü

i → y

u → ü

y → ü

Other vowels display irregular changes, and these plurals are shown in the vocabulary.

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

	papəw		sōgo
	singular	plural	singular	plural
agentive	papəwliə	papəwliəno
passive	papəw	papəwno	sōgo	sōgono
genitive	papəwra	papəwrano	sōgora	sōgorano
dative	papəwxə	papəwxəno	sōgoxə	sōgoxəno
causative	papəwxəw	papəwxəwno	sōgoxəw	sōgoxəwno
abessive			sōgogiəl	sōgogiəlno

As for the rules, the endings for the abessive case cannot be added to a class I noun, while the endings for the ergative case cannot be added to a class II noun.