Idavic languages: Difference between revisions

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Proto-Idavic had 3 genders: inanimate (i), animate (a), and abstract (h). The abstract gender evolved to serve honorific functions in Shalaian, hence the abbreviation "h".
Proto-Idavic had 3 genders: inanimate (i), animate (a), and abstract (h). The abstract gender evolved to serve honorific functions in Shalaian, hence the abbreviation "h".


Proto-Idavic nouns were marked for singular and dual and plural numbers.
Proto-Idavic nouns were inflected for 3 numbers (singular, dual, plural) and 4 cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive).
====Declension====
====Declension====
Nouns declined for two cases (nominative, genitive) and three numbers (singular, dual, plural).
Nouns declined for two cases (nominative, genitive) and three numbers (singular, dual, plural).