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===Classifiers=== | ===Classifiers=== | ||
Unusually for a Talman language, Chick Corean classifiers inflect for number. They often have suppletive plural forms which are loaned from [[Nail Polish]] or Varrkkún. For example, ''zjog'' means either 'a person' or 'people'; '' | Unusually for a Talman language, Chick Corean classifiers inflect for number. They often have suppletive plural forms which are loaned from [[Nail Polish]] or Varrkkún. For example, ''zjog'' means either 'a person' or 'people'; ''le zjog'' means 'the person'; ''stae zjog'' means 'the people'. | ||
The following classifiers are used: | The following classifiers are used: | ||
*'' | *''le'', pl. ''stae'' = animates (humans, more "animate" animals like pets) | ||
*''nja'', pl. ''jes'' = honorific form of ''lek'' | *''nja'', pl. ''jes'' = honorific form of ''lek'' | ||
*''kveo'', pl. ''___'' = organisms not viewed as sentient: plants, fungi, bacteria, "lower" animals, pests | *''kveo'', pl. ''___'' = organisms not viewed as sentient: plants, fungi, bacteria, "lower" animals, pests | ||