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==Word classes== Warrongo is analysed as having five [[word class]]es: [[noun]]s, (personal) [[pronoun]]s, [[adverb]]s, [[verb]]s and [[interjection]]s.{{sfn|Tsunoda|2011|p=156}} Most of these contain [[interrogative]] and [[demonstrative]] members; example of an interrogative noun is {{lang|wrg|ngani}} 'what', {{lang|wrg|ngoni}} 'there' is a demonstrative adverb, an interrogative verb is {{lang|wrg|ngani-nga-L}} 'to do what', and a demonstrative one is {{lang|wrg|yama-nga-L}} 'to do thus'. Almost all words belong exclusively to a word class, while change of word class is achieved through [[Derivation (linguistics)|derivational suffix]]es.{{sfn|Tsunoda|2011|p=163}} [[Adjective]]s do not form a separate class as they share the morphology and syntactic behaviour of nouns.{{sfn|Tsunoda|2011|p=157}} There are also about a dozen [[enclitic]]s, with a range of functions: emphasis, [[Focus (linguistics)|focus]], intensification, or meanings like 'only', 'enough', 'too', 'I don't know', '[[counterfactual]]'.{{sfn|Tsunoda|2011|pp=682β698}}
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