Languages that use both bound morphemes marking case (case affix, or Cx) and possession (possessive affix, or Px) may differ in the position and order in which these morphemes attach to the root. This parameter examines this phenomenon in terms of nouns.[1]

Types:

NoCxAndPx: The language does not use both case and possessive affixes.

WCxPx: The morpheme order is as follows: root, case affix, possessive affix.

WPxCx: The morpheme order is as follows: root, possessive affix, case affix.

CxPxW: The morpheme order is as follows: case affix, possessive affix, root.

PxCxW: The morpheme order is as follows: possessive affix, case affix, root.

PxWCx: The morpheme order is as follows: possessive affix, root, case affix.

CxWPx: The morpheme order is as follows: case affix, root, possessive affix.

When a language displays more than one strategy for affixation of case and possession, two values can be listed. If one type is dominant, a slash (/) can separate the two values, with the structurally dominant value appearing first; if neither is dominant, the two are listed with an ampersand (&) separating the two.

[1] For this reason, pronouns and adpositions are not considered here, but any divergence that these systems show from the nominal system should be noted in the commentary.