Hngatil grammar: Difference between revisions
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=== Noun morphology === | === Noun morphology === | ||
Nouns in Hngatil are unusual cross-linguistically in that with the exception of inverse case, only objects are marked with cases. In Hngatil, grammatical case describes the object's relation to the subject. | Nouns in Hngatil are unusual cross-linguistically in that with the exception of inverse case, only objects are marked with cases. In Hngatil, grammatical case describes the object's relation to the subject. All cases are marked using prefixes. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ | |+ | ||
!Inverse case | !Inverse case | ||
| | |hl(a)- | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Lative case | !Lative case | ||
| | |l(a)- | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Adelative case | !Adelative case | ||
| | |hn(a)- | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Ablative case | !Ablative case | ||
| | |bb(a)- | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Essive case | !Essive case | ||
| | |tp'(a)- | ||
|- | |- | ||
!DIstal-originative | !DIstal-originative | ||
case | case | ||
| | |dyb(a)- | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Proximal-originative | ||
case | case | ||
| | |gb(a)- | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Infinitive case | !Infinitive case | ||
| | |gg(a)- | ||
|} | |} | ||