yén

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• … .......................................................88 3.2.3.1 Type 1 noun plurals..........................................88 3.2.3.1.1 Class 1 : -en/-an, -yen/-yan ..........................88 3.2.3.1.2 Class 2: -tan ................................................91 3.2.3.1.3 Class 3: id-...................................................92 3.2.3.1.4 Class 4: -an .................................................93 3.2.3.2 Type 2 noun plurals............................. …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 6

• 89 Morphology (68) Type 1 nouns: Plural morphemes -en/-an 1) 2) id- 3) STEM -an 4) 3.2.3.1.1 -tan Class 1: -en/-an, -yen/-yan Class 1 concerns etymological Songhay nouns. -en PL may be related to Songhay /yan/, the indefinite plural morpheme, but the exact historical processes behind it are not yet clear. When the suffix is joined to a vowel-final stem, the final vowel of the stem is dropped. This is illustrated under (a) below. -en is the default form; the allomorph -an occu …

  Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 107