Classes

Kànnow nouns fall into nine classes.

Class 1, Interesting contains humans (nalow man, tbèw child), large and charismatic animates (ņew talking horse (in myths, etc.)), powerful supernatural forces (eňew the Kett monothe Ainabe), and miscellaneous suitably impressive objects or phenomena (clʼew fire).

Class 2, Moving contains small animals (mnáŗ cat, seņgeŗ dog) and things that move in the air (tèsʼegteŗ glider seed).

Class 3, Swarming contains swarming animals (qłyn plague of locusts).

Class 4, Floating contains marine objects (sʼen small boat) and animals (keŗan fish), as well as manmade abstractions (tařqʼan Ordnung, wesen large settlement). It may be presumed that the speakers of Kannow created this semantic field not due to an anarchistic philosophical outlook, but rather due to an influx of water-related loanwords from the seafaring Koht people (kʼón).

Class 5, Long

Class 6, Useless

Class 7, Useful

Class 8, Collective

Class 9, Plantlike

	Definite	Indefinite		Adjectival
		Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Class 1	-ow	-en	-én	-et	-é:t
Class 2	-ŗʷ	-ŗ	-:ŗʷ	-s	-:sʷ
Class 3	-n	—	-nʷ	—	-:tʷ
Class 4	-n	-tʼ	-nʷ	-t	-:tʷ
Class 5	-ija	-u	-u	-u:	-u:
Class 6	-ģàt	-k	-kʷ	-k	-:kʷ
Class 7	-sʼ	-s	-sʷ	-s	-:sʷ
Class 8	-s	—	-sʷ	—	-:sʷ
Class 9	-c	-u	-u	-u:	-u:

Possession is marked by i- or ro- and the dative ending: ihylyytny nalow the man's tablet, eccʼees roŗàtkt sʼàn my pot broke.