| ministar
minister’ |
|
ministar milobo
|
‘minister (male)’
|
ministar ny m
|
‘minister (female)’
|
|
|
| gura
‘horse’ |
|
gura milobo
|
‘horse (male)’
|
gura nym
|
‘horse (female)’
|
|
|
mendi
‘buffalo’ |
mend
milobo
|
‘he buffalo’
|
|
|
‘‘she buffalo’
|
|
|
| Number |
There
are no plural markers in Apatani. Plurality, if the number is
unspecific, is indicated using the plural word - ata
‘many’. When the number is specific, the numeral
quantifiers are used. Both the numeral quantifier and the plural
word follows the headnoun. |
|
Singular
|
With
plural word
|
With
plural word
|
With
plural word
|
| ude |
nym
|
| aki |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Singular
|
With
numeral quantifier
|
|
aki
|
‘dog’
|
aki anye
|
|
|
|
dogs two
|
|
|
|
‘two dogs’
|
|
mihi
|
’wife’
|
mihi anye
|
|
|
|
wife two
|
|
|
|
‘two wives’
|
|
|
| When there
is a reference to quantity like ‘some’, ‘many’, etc., then words like
- abu ‘many’, tane ‘some’, etc., are used. |
|
Singular
|
Plural
with specific
|
|
tuli
‘piller’
|
tuli abu
‘many pillers’
|
|
myu
‘people’
|
myu tane
‘some people’
|
|
|
| Pronouns |
| There is
no gender distinction in the pronominal system of Atapani. It makes
two way distinction in number (i.e., singular and plural) and three-way
distinction in person (i.e., First person, Second person and Third
person). Further, a two-way categorization is made in third person
on the basis of [visible, known] Vs. [invisible, unknown].
Separate pronouns are used to indicate this distinction. The pronouns
are listed in the Table given below: : |
|
Person
|
Number
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
|
First
|
o
'I'
|
unu
'we'
|
|
Second
|
n
'you'
|
nunu
'you (pl.)'
|
|
|
