Add noun morphology
authorJason Self <j@jxself.org>
Mon, 11 May 2020 02:23:34 +0000 (19:23 -0700)
committerJason Self <j@jxself.org>
Mon, 11 May 2020 02:23:34 +0000 (19:23 -0700)
Language/language.md

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@@ -99,6 +99,34 @@ phrases is Time-Manner-Place:
 
 > "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
 
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