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+ | Blackfoot has two noun classes: animate and inanimate. Animate nouns, which refer to sentient beings such as people, animals, and spirits, take the suffixes ''-wa'' when singular and ''-iksi'' when plural. | ||
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+ | Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns. |
Revision as of 23:28, 6 February 2017
Nouns
Nouns in Blackfoot can be inflected for grammatical gender (animacy), number particularity, and XXXXX
Noun Inflections
Grammatical Gender
Blackfoot has two noun classes: animate and inanimate. Animate nouns, which refer to sentient beings such as people, animals, and spirits, take the suffixes -wa when singular and -iksi when plural.
Number
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns.