1 features
1.1 phonology
1.2 declension
1.3 verbs
1.4 syntax
features
phonology
bagri distinguishes 31 consonants including retroflex series, 10 vowels, 2 diphthongs , 3 tones.
declension
there 2 numbers: singular , plural.
two genders: masculine , feminine.
three cases: simple, oblique, , vocative. case marking partly inflectional , partly postpositional.
nouns declined according final segments.
all pronouns inflected number , case gender distinguished in third person singular pronouns.
the third person pronouns distinguished on proximity/remoteness dimension in each gender.
adjectives of 2 types: either ending in /-o/ or not.
cardinal numbers ten inflected.
both present , past participles function adjectives.
verbs
there 3 tenses , 4 moods.
syntax
sentence types of traditional nature.
coordination , subordination important in complex sentences.
parallel lexicon existing , important sociolinguistic point of view.
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