Nouns

Nouns in African are divided in two genders: masculine and feminine; and two numbers: singular and plural.

Masculine nouns generally end in a consonant like lub "wolf" or in a -i like añi "year"; feminine nouns generally end in a -ǝ or in a consonant. However, nouns ending in -ion are always feminine.

To form plurals, we add -o(s) or -e(s) at the end (or replace the last -i). Feminine nouns ending in -ǝ form their plurals in -a(s) and those ending in a consonant add -e(s). Masculine nouns ending in "-men" become "-mine(s)" in the plural.

Notable exceptions are man "hand" and duom "house", feminine nouns adding -o(s) in the plural.

Nouns describing humans ending in -o(s) or -a(s) in the plural can take the mixed plural ending -e(s) if the group includes both men and women.