Okyyryn Nouns
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7th-millennium Okyyryn is still an agglutinating language, at least when it comes to noun declensions. Nouns receive number prefixes and case suffixes. Unlike Proto-Okyyryn, however, animacy is no longer distinguished in nouns.
Number Prefixes
There are two different number prefixes, depending on whether a noun starts in a vowel or in a consonant.
| Singular: | s - |
(ಸ) - |
|---|---|---|
| Dual (2): | p poo |
(ಬ) (ಬಓ) |
| Plural: | dh dhy |
(ರ) (ರಇ) |
Case Suffixes
There are six cases in 8th-millennium Okyyryn:
- Absolutive is for the subject of intransitive verbs or the object of transitive verbs.
- Ergative is for the subject of transitive verbs.
- Dative is for beneficiaries and recipients.
- Oblique is for indirect objects
- Genitive is for possessors.
- Vocative is for addressing someone.
There are two different case endings, depending on whether a noun ends in a vowel or in a consonant. Absolutive case is unmarked.
| Ergative: | pyt yt |
(ಫಇತ) (ಇತ) |
|---|---|---|
| Dative: | poo oo |
(ಬಓ) (ಓ) |
| Oblique: | woo oo |
(ಷೆಓ) (ಓ) |
| Genitive: | poo oo |
(ಫಓ) (ಓ) |
| Vocative: | shu u |
(ಜಉ) (ಉ) |
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- Alphabet
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Pronouns
- Derivational Morphology
- Word Order
- Complex Phrases
- Vocabulary
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