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Conlangery SHORTS #18: Noun Classification in Palikúr

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Polycure: A Language With Numeral Classifiers

Polycure has multiple kinds of noun class, they behave differently in different circumstances. In addition to adjectives, having the normal three way full agreement, there are other kinds of verb morphology that group masculine and neuter together with a different form for the feminine. The semantic animacy is not according to any gender system, but really and truly is the thing animate or inanimate, regardless of its gender.

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