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These include TAM, polarity, and agreement with the patient. They are also marked for person and number of the subject. All subject person/number markers are distinct. | These include TAM, polarity, and agreement with the patient. They are also marked for person and number of the subject. All subject person/number markers are distinct. | ||
There is an inclusive/exclusive distinction in verbal person marking. | |||
TAM markers also indicate polarity. | TAM markers also indicate polarity. | ||
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There are three genders. These are not sex-based. Nouns are assigned gender on both semantic and formal grounds. | There are three genders. These are not sex-based. Nouns are assigned gender on both semantic and formal grounds. | ||
All nouns may be marked for number, but it is optional for inanimates. Number is marked by a mixture of morphological strategies. | All nouns may be marked for number, but it is optional for inanimates. Number is marked by a mixture of morphological strategies. There is no associative plural | ||
Nouns are marked for case and referentiality. These share a single marker. There is syncretism in both core and non-core cases. | Nouns are marked for case and referentiality. These share a single marker. There is syncretism in both core and non-core cases. | ||
Possession is head-marked. | Possession is head-marked. | ||
==Pronouns and demonstratives== | |||
Pronouns have person-number stem, and also carry a plural affix which is the same as found on nouns. | |||
There is an inclusive/exclusive distinction on 1st person pronouns. | |||
Revision as of 13:35, 27 November 2014
General facts
Both head-marking and dependent-marking occur.
Both concatenative and non-concatenative processes occur.
Suffixes are more common than prefixes.
Full and partial reduplication are productive.
Verbs
Verbs are marked for 8 grammatical categories.
These include TAM, polarity, and agreement with the patient. They are also marked for person and number of the subject. All subject person/number markers are distinct.
There is an inclusive/exclusive distinction in verbal person marking.
TAM markers also indicate polarity.
Nouns
There are three genders. These are not sex-based. Nouns are assigned gender on both semantic and formal grounds.
All nouns may be marked for number, but it is optional for inanimates. Number is marked by a mixture of morphological strategies. There is no associative plural
Nouns are marked for case and referentiality. These share a single marker. There is syncretism in both core and non-core cases.
Possession is head-marked.
Pronouns and demonstratives
Pronouns have person-number stem, and also carry a plural affix which is the same as found on nouns.
There is an inclusive/exclusive distinction on 1st person pronouns.
