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Examples

m-p

he
n- p

she

Above segmentation showing the gender distinction by prefixing is supported by the evidence that most of the proper nouns denoting male take-m

and female names take -n

Examples

-m

name of a male person
Ez

-n

name of a female person

QUANTIFIERS

In Lotha, nouns denoting a group or groups take a quantifier i.e. -t

n. This is used to denote a group of animate or inanimate nouns.

1. f

rò t

n group or groups of dogs
2. kyón t

n group or groups of men
3. yóthì t

n group or groups of bananas

In case of pronouns this is expressed by -t®.

Examples

we (groups of we’s)
2. nt

you (groups of you’s)
3.

They (human) groups of ‘he’)

-tn and -t

are in complementary distribution, t

n occurs with nouns and -t

occurs with pronouns.

Other quantifiers of Lotha are as follows.

1. tra         some or few
2. lm        many
3. tóptò      all
4. lmtò    many
5. ktà         how many

Examples

1. frò	lm	many dogs
dog	many
2. kyón	tr	some men
man	some
3. kyón	tóptò	all men
man	all
4. kyón	lmtò	many men
man	many
5. kyón	ktà	how many men
man	how many
kyón ktà nkì vn-là man how many your house live-pres		How many persons live in your house ?

When quantifiers are used in a pharse or sentence, plural marker is not added as shown in the above examples.

Number :

In Lothad, nouns are inflected for number. There is no suffix to indicate the singular. Plural is indicated by the suffix -áN. Nouns denoting kinship take the plural marker directly.

Examples

1. tá elder brother
tá á ~ tá elder brothers

2. cénì brother
cénìá brothers

When words denoting kinship are used with the modifiers, plural marker is added to the noun phrase.

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