Add noun morphology

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@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ Phonological rules (in order of application):
 
 * 'h' turns into 'g' before a 'b'.
 
-### Grammar
+Grammar
+-------
 
 Sentence order: Sentence order is Subject-Verb-Object-Oblique.
 
@@ -96,4 +97,57 @@ Gender in nouns: Nouns have no gender.
 Adpositions: Postpositions. The preferential order of postpositional 
 phrases is Time-Manner-Place:
 
-> "I am travelling on Monday [time] by car [manner] to Seoul [place]."
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+> "I am travelling on Monday [time] by car [manner] to Seoul [place]."
+
+### Noun morphology
+
++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+
+|            | Singular               | Plural                  |
++============+========================+=========================+
+| Nominative | man                    | men                     |
+|            | hu /hu/                | No plural marker        |
+|            |                        | hhu /hhu/               |
++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+
+| Accusative | man                    | men                     |
+|            | Prefix: thu- /θɨ-/     | No plural marker        |
+|            | thuhu /ˈθɨhu/          | xhu /ɣhu/               |
++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+
+| Genitive   | man's                  | men's                   |
+|            | Suffix: -(e)th /-(e)θ/ | No plural marker        |
+|            | huth /huθ/             | uhu /ˈuhu/              |
++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+
+| Dative     | to [the/a] man         | to men                  |
+|            | Suffix: -(i)hu /ihʊ/   | No plural marker        |
+|            | huhu /ˈhuhʊ/           | jhu /dʒhu/              |
++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+
+| Locative   | in/at/by [the/a] man   | in/at/by [the/some] men |
+|            | Prefix: u- /u-/        | No plural marker        |
+|            | uhu /ˈuhu/             | mbuhu /mbuˈhu/          |
++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+
+
+Plurals are optional for non-human nouns.
+
+### Morphological derivations
+
+Entries follow the format of:
+
+-   Pattern
+-   Prefix/Suffix
+-   /pronunciation/
+
+Pronunciation is based on the International Phonetic Alphabet:
+<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet>
+
+Noun-to-verb: Prefix: j(u)- /dʒ(u)-/
+Verb-to-noun: Suffix: -(i)x /-(i)x/
+Noun-to-adjective: Prefix: lu- /lʊ-/
+Adjective-to-noun: Prefix: lu- /lʊ-/
+Adjective-to-adverb: Suffix: -(e)b /-(e)b/
+Verb-to-adjective: Suffix: -(u)sh /-(ɨ)ʃ/
+
+Diminutive: Suffix: -(u)ne /ɨne/
+Augmentative: Suffix: -(e)hu /ehɨ/
+
+Agent noun (e.g. paint to painter): Suffix: -(u)hu /uhʊ/
+
+Place of (e.g. wine to winery): Suffix: -(u)kse /ɨkse/
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