Reduced Number System

Low Qhālan simplifies the older High Qhālan gender and number system. Ordinary speech no longer strongly distinguishes grammatical gender, and many inherited endings collapse into shorter common forms.

Noun Formula

[ROOT] + [NUMBER]

Case marking survives mostly in formal speech and fossilized expressions.

Singular

The singular uses the bare noun.

Examples:

• mora = sea

• bala = land

• ǀara = oath

Plural

Plural nouns commonly use:

-n

Examples:

• moran = seas

• balan = lands

• ǀaran = oaths

Collective

Collective forms refer to masses, categories, or generalized groups.

Use:

-m

Examples:

• moram = the sea collectively

• ǀaram = oath tradition

• balam = the land as a whole

Reduced Noun Number Table