Datapoint Hunzib / Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases
- Language
- Genus: Avar-Andic-Tsezic, Family: Nakh-Daghestanian
- Feature
- Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases
- Value
- Ergative - absolutive
- References
-
- van den Berg 1995 (122)
Examples
| kid | y-ut'-ur |
| girl | CL2 -sleep- PST |
| oždi-l | kid | hehe-r |
| boy- ERG | girl | hit- PST |
| kid | y | ut’ | ur |
| girl | cl2 | sleep | pst |
| oždi | l | kid | hehe | r |
| boy | erg | girl | hit | pst |
| də | hɨ̃də | uh | άr |
| I | when | die | fut |
| mə | də | iλ̶’e | k’ | čo |
| I | you | kill | caus | prs |
note: Only first and second person pronouns have a neutral, rather than an ergative case marking system.