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This eight syllable word also illustrates the [[Hantza#Morphophonological_processes|morphophonological processes]] of assimilation (''-ti-'' + ''-tu-'' = ''-tzu-'') and metathesis (''-kap-'' + ''-mò'' = ''-kampò'').
This eight-syllable word also illustrates the [[Hantza#Morphophonological_processes|morphophonological processes]] of assimilation (''-ti-'' + ''-tu-'' = ''-tzu-'') and metathesis (''-kap-'' + ''-mò'' = ''-kampò'').


==Person marking==
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Evidentiality is marked on the verb by suffixation.
Evidentiality is marked on the verb by suffixation.


The division of evidentials is similar to that of the South American languages Aymara and Quechua; there exists a three way distinction. The first version provided is used post-consonantally, the second post-vocalically
The division of evidentials is similar to that of the South American languages Aymara and Quechua; there exists a three way distinction. The first version provided is used post-consonantally, the second post-vocalically:
*Witness: ''-am-'', ''-am-''
*Witness: ''-am-'', ''-am-''
*Inferential: ''-ang-'', ''-ng-''
*Inferential: ''-ang-'', ''-ng-''