Word order of plural markers (Northern Mansi)

NPl:  The plural marker appears after the noun stem.


Case

Sg

’pot’

Pl

’pot’

Nominate

pūt

pūt-ǝt

[Kálmán 1976: 44]



Northern Mansi differentiates between the singular (Ø) and the plural (­ǝt). Number is always coded by analytic suffixes appearing after the nominal stem.

Author: 

Szilvia Németh