CasesystProg: Case marking is progressively asymmetrical; a limited group within nominals (such as pronouns) shows a greater number of cases than the majority of nominals.
Case | Pronoun | Noun | |
Nom. | mā ’I’ | luw ’he/she/it’ | xɔ̄t ’house’ |
Acc.-Dat. | manem | luwel | - |
Lat. | manem-a | luwel-a | xɔ̄t-a |
Loc. | manem-ǝn | luwel-ǝn | xɔ̄t-ǝn |
(Onina 2009: 25, 30)
Nouns have three and pronouns have four cases in Synja Khanty. The accusative-dative form is expressed by the possessive affix for the personal pronouns, and the spatial case-markers are attached to this stem. The accusative form of nouns is identical with the nominative.