Editing Palaic language (section)

== Morphology ==
In terms of its [[Morphology (linguistics)|morphology]], Palaic is a fairly typical specimen of Indo-European. Palaic shared common innovations with [[Luwian]] not present in Old Hittite, suggesting a prior Luwian-Palaic linguistic complex.<ref>The Indo-European Language Family: A Phylogenetic Perspective, p. 7. N.p., Cambridge University Press, 2022.</ref> It has been characterized as "more conservative than Hittite" and heavily influenced by the [[Hattic language]], though caution is prescribed for the latter assertion given the paucity of available materials.<ref>Melchert, Harold Craig. Anatolian historical phonology, p.10. Netherlands, Rodopi, 1994.</ref>

=== Noun ===

Palaic shows the same gender distinction as seen in Hittite, i.e. animate vs. inanimate. It distinguishes two numbers, singular and plural, and at least six cases: [[nominative]], [[vocative]], [[accusative]], [[genitive]], [[dative]], and [[locative]].<ref name=":0"/>

Old Hittite has the genitive singular suffix ''-aš'' circa 1600 BC (compare [[Proto-Indo-European]] ''*-os''); where [[Cuneiform script|Cuneiform]] Luwian instead uses the ''-ašša/i-'' adjectival suffix. Palaic, on the northern border of both, like later [[Anatolian hieroglyph|Hieroglyphic Luwian]] has both an ''-aš'' genitive and an ''-aša-'' adjectival suffix. 

Palaic also has similar pronoun forms to Old Hittite.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} 

=== Verb ===

The verb in Palaic is inflected for number (singular and plural), person, tense (present and preterite), and mood (indicative and imperative). It also has two voices, active and [[medio-passive]].<ref name=":0"/>

Palaic is considered to have had a "high number of attestations of the suffix -ina," all of which were [[Transitivity (grammar)|transitive]].<ref>Sasseville, David. Anatolian Verbal Stem Formation: Luwian, Lycian and Lydian. Netherlands, Brill, 2020, p. 528.</ref>