Editing Aleut language (section)

=== Nouns ===
Ordinary nouns have suffixes for<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Merchant |first=Jason |date=3 May 2008 |title=Aleut case matters |url=https://home.uchicago.edu/merchant/pubs/aleut.tree.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2023 |website=uchicago.edu |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324021648/https://home.uchicago.edu/merchant/pubs/aleut.tree.pdf }}</ref>
* [[Grammatical number|number]]: singular, dual, and plural
* relational case: [[Absolutive case|absolutive]] and relative
* [[Grammatical person|person]]: first, second, [[Anaphora (linguistics)|anaphoric]] third, reflexive third

{| class="wikitable"
|+Number & relational case
!
!singular
!dual
!plural
|-
!absolutive
|{{lang|ale|-(x̂)}}
|{{lang|ale|-(i)x̂}}
|E: {{lang|ale|-(i)n}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|-(i)s}}
|-
!relative
|{{lang|ale|-(i)m}}
|{{lang|ale|-(i)x̂}}
|E: {{lang|ale|-(i)n}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|-(i)s}}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Anaphoric third person
!
!singular
!dual
!plural
|-
!absolutive
|{{lang|ale|-a}}
|{{lang|ale|-kix}}
|E: {{lang|ale|-(ng)in}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|-(ng)is}}
|-
!relative
|{{lang|ale|-(g)an}}
|{{lang|ale|-kin}}
|E: {{lang|ale|-(ng)in}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|-(ng)is}}
|} {{citation needed|date= May 2021}}

The anaphoric third person refers to a proceeding term, specified by being marked in the relative case or from context. For example, {{lang|ale-latn|tayaĝu-m ula-a}} 'the man's house' and {{lang|ale-latn|ula-a}} 'his house'.<ref name=":3" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+Pronoun forms {{lang|ale|tx(i)- / ti-}}
!
!singular
!dual
!plural
|-
!1st person
|{{lang|ale|ting}}
|E: {{lang|ale|tumin}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|timis}}
|E: {{lang|ale|tumin}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|timis}}
|-
!2nd person
|{{lang|ale|txin}}
|{{lang|ale|txidix}}
|E: {{lang|ale|txichi}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|txichix}}
|-
!reflexive 3rd person
|{{lang|ale|txin}}
|{{lang|ale|txidix}}
|E: {{lang|ale|txidin}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|txidix}}
|}

As free forms, the pronouns are used primarily as an object, like fully specified nouns. As [[enclitics]] they function as subject markers. {{citation needed|date= May 2021}}

==== Positional nouns ====
Positional nouns indicate positional, directional, or some more abstract relation to a definite referent (a person or proceeding noun in relative case). Positional nouns have possessive suffixes but no inherent number. {{citation needed|date= May 2021}}

Unlike ordinary nouns, positional nouns have two adverbial cases: [[Locative case|locative]] and/or [[Ablative case|ablative]]. The most important stem {{lang|ale-latn|i-}}, called the dative, has only a locative form (largely irregular) meaning 'to, at, for-'. {{citation needed|date= May 2021}}

Most are used in absolutive case, as in {{lang|ale-latn|ula-m agal-a agikux̂}} 'he passed behind the house'. They can also be used in the relative case, as in {{lang|ale-latn|laavki-m agal-a-n ula-a}} 'the house behind the store'.<ref name=":0" />

==== Numerals ====
The numeral system is decimal with {{lang|ale-latn|hatix̂}} 'ten' and {{lang|ale-latn|sisax̂}} 'hundred' as the basic higher terms. The higher tens numerals are derived through multiplication (e.g. 2 x10 for 'twenty'). The multiplicative numerals are derived with the suffix {{lang|ale-latn|-di-m}} on the base numeral followed by {{lang|ale-latn|hatix̂}} 'ten'. For example, {{lang|ale-latn|qankudim hatix̂}} 'forty'.<ref name=":1" /> {{clarification needed|date= May 2021|reason= in the table, it says "qankudim" is used for thirty, which makes more sense given that (at least according to the table) the word for three/3 is qankus/qaankun. Is this what it says in the source, or an error made by an editor? I'd like to know before I go about changing the translation of "qankudim hatix̂" from the current "forty" to the seemingly more likely accurate "30 (thirty)."}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Numerals 
|1
|{{lang|ale|ataqan}}
|6
|{{lang|ale|atuung}}
|
|
|
|
|-
|2
|E: {{lang|ale|aalax}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|alax}}
|7
|{{lang|ale|uluung}}
|20
|{{lang|ale|algidim}}
|60
|{{lang|ale|atuungidim}}
|-
|3
|E: {{lang|ale|qaankun}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|qankus}}
|8
|{{lang|ale|qamchiing}}
|30
|{{lang|ale|qankudim}}
|70
|{{lang|ale|uluungidim}}
|-
|4
|E: {{lang|ale|sichin}}<br>A: {{lang|ale|siching}}
|9
|{{lang|ale|siching}}
|40
|{{lang|ale|sichidim}}
|80
|{{lang|ale|qamchiingidim}}
|-
|5
|{{lang|ale|chaang}}
|10
|{{lang|ale|hatix̂}}
|50
|{{lang|ale|chaangidim}}
|90
|{{lang|ale|sichiingidim}}
|}
{{citation needed|date= May 2021}}