Nominal Syntax
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Nominal phrase format



Relative clauses - Genitive phrases - Noun - Adjectives - Number - Postposition

Postpositions



Kotic uses postpositions to denote grammatical roles.

Postpositions are placed after a noun phrase, after any adjectives.

As it has ergative-absolutive alignment, the absolutive is marked by the lack of a postposition.

Ergativeha
Absolutive/Genitive
Dative/Benefactiveya
Instrumentalqu
Ablative ('from off')sât
Elative ('out of')'am
Inessive ('in')zi
Adessive ('on')'e
Illative ('into')row
Allative ('onto')kha
Essive ('as')ga
Comitativejo