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qiihoskehSome short morphemes can be further reduced to a single consonant (both written and spoken) under certain circumstances. Tentatively, the morphs are:
Morpheme assignment hasn't been done yet, although the following will be included:
There will be specifically animate and inanimate forms of the relative and interrogative (query) pronouns (formed with Rel and Que respectively). Relative and query pronouns don't take number marking.
The personal pronouns distinguished are
-Dem is used in forming location-related demonstratives from the pronoun stems 1X, 1N, 2N, Rel, Que, Def, and possibly others.
-Tmp is used in forming time references from the pronoun stems 1N (meaning "now"), Rel, Que, and Def (meaning "then").
The gender markers Ani and Ina are also used as dummy nouns.
The number markers -S (singular), -P (plural), and -E (extended plural) are optional with noun phrases, which otherwise have indeterminate number. Number marking precedes any case marking.
The case for inalienable possessives is unmarked, while the case for alienable possessives uses -Poss. Word forms with -Poss act like adjectives, while inalienable possessors immediately precede the possessum.
pu, tu, xu, hu, vu, zu,The morpheme must be preceded by another short morpheme and must not be followed by something that requires vowel retention.
ci, ki, fi, si, qi.
Morpheme assignment hasn't been done yet, although the following will be included:
-Tmp, -Dem, and -Psy,Other case markers are not reduced.
the gender markers Ani and Ina,
the number markers -S, -P, and -E,
and the case markers -Agt, -Pat, and -Thm.
There will be specifically animate and inanimate forms of the relative and interrogative (query) pronouns (formed with Rel and Que respectively). Relative and query pronouns don't take number marking.
The personal pronouns distinguished are
1st person exclusive: 1X.S, 1X-E 1st person inclusive: 1N.P, 1N-E 2nd person exclusive: 2X.S, 2X-P, 2X-E 3rd person topic: 3T, 3T-S, 3T-P, 3T-E 3rd person non-topic, animate: 3A.S, 3A-P 3rd person non-topic, inanimate: 3I.S, 3I-P-Psy is used in forming discourse-related demonstratives from the personal pronoun stems 1X, 1N, 2N, and possibly others.
-Dem is used in forming location-related demonstratives from the pronoun stems 1X, 1N, 2N, Rel, Que, Def, and possibly others.
-Tmp is used in forming time references from the pronoun stems 1N (meaning "now"), Rel, Que, and Def (meaning "then").
The gender markers Ani and Ina are also used as dummy nouns.
The number markers -S (singular), -P (plural), and -E (extended plural) are optional with noun phrases, which otherwise have indeterminate number. Number marking precedes any case marking.
The case for inalienable possessives is unmarked, while the case for alienable possessives uses -Poss. Word forms with -Poss act like adjectives, while inalienable possessors immediately precede the possessum.
