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==Phonology== | |||
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! colspan="9"|Tizian consonants | ! colspan="9"|Tizian consonants | ||
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==Nouns== | ==Nouns== | ||
Four numbers are used in Tizian: generic, partitive, singulative and plurative. The generic number refers to an unspecified member or members of a set or to the whole set. The partitive number is used with quantifiers and also with the meaning "some X". Singulative and plurative respectively denote one and multiple specific items. | |||
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==Verbs== | ==Verbs== | ||
==Split ergativity== | |||
The ergative particle ''le'' is used before an ergative noun phrase. 1st and 2nd person arguments induce nominative/accusative alignment on both nouns and verbs. | The ergative particle ''le'' is used before an ergative noun phrase. 1st and 2nd person arguments induce nominative/accusative alignment on both nouns and verbs. | ||
[[Category:Talsmic languages]][[Category:Zachydic languages]] | |||