Number marking on nouns (Synja Khanty)

NumSuffAn: Grammatical number is marked morphologically using analytic (monoexponential) suffixes  i.e., the suffix expresses only the number.


(1a) xɔ̄t 

‘house’


(1b) xɔ̄t-ŋәn

house-du

‘two houses’


(1c) xɔ̄t-әt

house-pl

‘houses’


(2a) xɔ̄t-a

house-lat

‘into the house’


(2b) xɔ̄t-ŋәn-a

house-du-lat

‘into the two houses’


(2c) xɔ̄t-әt-a

house-pl-lat

‘into the houses’ (Onina 2009: 25)



In Synja Khanty, the singular is unmarked, the dual is marked by the ­ŋәn ending, while the plural takes a -t suffix. The number marking suffixes do not code other grammatical categories (Onina 2009: 22‒28).

Author: 

Nikolett F. Gulyás