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Proto-Irenesian syntax is VSO and head-initial, but with some tendency to be topic-prominent (unlike Goidelic). Here S is the syntactic subject marked with the direct case. | Proto-Irenesian syntax is VSO and head-initial, but with some tendency to be topic-prominent (unlike Goidelic). Here S is the syntactic subject marked with the direct case. | ||
(Many daughter languages are SVO and head-initial-ish. Kawenic which has | (Many daughter languages are SVO and head-initial-ish. Kawenic which has a Finnic-like grammar is an exception.) | ||
=== Nouns and adjectives === | === Nouns and adjectives === | ||
Nouns inflect for case and number, and adjectives agree with nouns in case and number. | Nouns inflect for case and number, and adjectives agree with nouns in case and number. | ||
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* direct: -0 | * direct: -0 | ||
* indirect: -ăl | * indirect: -ăl | ||
* genitive: - | * genitive: -ăm | ||
==== Possessive suffixes ==== | ==== Possessive suffixes ==== | ||