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== Case ==
== Case ==
The nominative [NOM] is not marked [-Ø] and is in the absolutive form. It indicates a syntactic core participant of the action, agent, force, or experiencer.
* '''mita ina'''
: dog-∅ eat
: ''The dog eats.''
The accusative [ACC] is marked with the clitic '''-n''' and indicates a patient, theme or goal (used as ''Oblique'' occasionally), instrument, or experiencer.
* '''mitan anya'''
: dog-ACC see
: ''The dog is seen.''
Genitive [GEN] '''-yo''' indicates alienable association or possession (see also '''te''') .


== Gender ==
== Gender ==

Revision as of 16:51, 24 November 2020

Introduction

Phonology

Morphology

Verbs

Nouns

Number

Reduplication

Case

The nominative [NOM] is not marked [-Ø] and is in the absolutive form. It indicates a syntactic core participant of the action, agent, force, or experiencer.

  • mita ina
dog-∅ eat
The dog eats.

The accusative [ACC] is marked with the clitic -n and indicates a patient, theme or goal (used as Oblique occasionally), instrument, or experiencer.

  • mitan anya
dog-ACC see
The dog is seen.

Genitive [GEN] -yo indicates alienable association or possession (see also te) .

Gender

Pronouns and Determiners

Syntax

Basic Word Order

The default word order in Kala is SOV, although case marking allows some flexibility.

  • mita tlakan yatsiye
dog man-ACC bite-PST
The dog bit the man.

Derivation

Sample

Lexicon