Editing Newar language (section)

=== Noun cases ===
Noun cases in Newar have six cases and are differentiated based on whether the term in question is animate or inanimate. The following charts provides case endings that can be affixed on the end of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in IAST transliteration for contemporary and old (or "classical") Newar.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Noun Case Endings in Contemporary Newar<ref>{{Cite book |last=Malla |first=Kamal P. |title=The Newar Language: A Working Outline |publisher=Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa |year=1985 |location=Tokyo |pages=31–32}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hale |first1=Austin |title=Newar (Nepāl Bhāsā) |last2=Shrestha |first2=Kedār |publisher=Lincom Europa |year=2006 |location=Münich |pages=23–36}}</ref>
|
|''Inanimate''
| colspan="2" |''Animate/non-honorific''
| colspan="2" |''Animate/honorific''
|-
|'''Case'''
|'''Singular'''
|'''Singular'''
|'''Plural'''
|'''Singular'''
|'''Plural'''
|-
|'''[[Instrumental case|Instrumental]]/[[Ergative case|Ergative]]'''
|<nowiki>-ṃ, -ḥṃ</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-ṃ, -ḥṃ</nowiki>
|(-sa-) -ṃ, 

-ḥṃ,
|<nowiki>-ṃ, -ḥṃ</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-pisaṃ, </nowiki>

-pisaḥṃ
|-
|'''[[Absolutive case|Absolutive]]'''
|<nowiki>-ø</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-ø</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-ta</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-ø</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-pīṃ</nowiki>
|-
|'''[[Sociative case|Sociative]]'''
|X
|<nowiki>-yāke, -ike</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-tayke</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-yāke, -ike</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-pīṃke</nowiki>
|-
|'''[[Dative case|Dative]]'''
|<nowiki>-yāta</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-yāta, -ta</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-tayta, -ita</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-yāta</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-pīṃta</nowiki>
|-
|'''[[Genitive case|Genitive]]'''
|<nowiki>-yā</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-yā</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-tay</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-yā</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-pini</nowiki>
|-
|'''[[Locative case|Locative]]'''
|<nowiki>-e, -ay, -ī</nowiki>
|X
|X
|X
|X
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Noun Case Endings in Old Newar<ref>{{Cite book |last=Otter |first=Felix |title=A Course in Reading Classical Newari: Selections from the Vetālapañcaviṃśati |publisher=xasia eBooks |year=2021 |isbn=978-3-946742-94-4 |location=Heidelberg |pages=11–28}}</ref>
| 
|''Inanimate''
| colspan="2" |''Animate/non-honorific''
| colspan="2" |''Animate/honorific''
|-
|'''Case'''
|'''Singular'''
|'''Singular'''
|'''Plural'''
|'''Singular'''
|'''Plural'''
|-
|'''Instrumental/Ergative'''
|<nowiki>-n</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-n</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-taseṃ</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-n, -seṃ</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-paniseṃ</nowiki>
|-
|'''Absolutive'''
|<nowiki>-ø</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-ø</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-ta, -to</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-ø</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-pani</nowiki>
|-
|'''Sociative'''
|<nowiki>-va</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-va</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-mis(a)va</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-va</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-panis(a)va</nowiki>
|-
|'''Dative'''
|<nowiki>-taṃ, -yātā</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-taṃ, -yātaṃ</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-mistaṃ</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-yātaṃ</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-panistaṃ</nowiki>
|-
|'''Genitive'''
|<nowiki>-yā</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-yā</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-tas, -mis</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-yā</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-panis</nowiki>
|-
|'''Locative'''
|<nowiki>-s</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-(s)ke, -yāke</nowiki>
|X
|<nowiki>-(s)ke, -yāke</nowiki>
|<nowiki>-paniske</nowiki>
|}