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==Grammar== [[Linguistic typology|Typologically]], Tłıchǫ Yatıì is an [[Agglutinative language|agglutinating]], [[Polysynthetic language|polysynthetic]] [[head-marking language]], but many of its [[affix]]es combine into contractions more like [[fusional language]]s. The canonical word order of Tłıchǫ Yatıì is [[subject–object–verb|SOV]].<ref name=":0" /> Tłıchǫ Yatıì words are modified primarily by [[Prefix (linguistics)|prefixes]], which is unusual for an SOV language (suffixes are expected). Like Spanish and Portuguese, Tłıchǫ Yatıì has two verbs similar to English 'be'. One is used for ways of being that are more dynamic or temporary; the other for more permanent and immutable properties. For example, ''nàzèe-dǫǫ̀ ts’ı̨ı̨lı̨'' and ''nàzèe-dǫǫ̀ ats’ı̨ı̨t’e'' both mean 'we are hunters', but the first means that the speakers are ''currently'' hunters (for example, part of a hunting party), while the second implies that hunting is their regular profession.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Welch|first1=Nicholas|title=Copulas are not just inflection: Evidence from Tłı̨chǫ Yatıı̀|journal=Canadian Journal of Linguistics|date=March 29, 2016|volume=61|issue=1|pages=98–106|doi=10.1017/cnj.2016.8|s2cid=231889340}}</ref> In addition to verbs and nouns, there are [[pronoun]]s, [[clitic]]s of various functions, [[demonstrative]]s, [[Numeral (linguistics)|numerals]], [[postposition]]s, [[adverb]]s, and [[grammatical conjunction|conjunctions]] in Tłıchǫ.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ackroyd|first1=Lynda|title=Dogrib grammar|date=1982|publisher=unpublished|pages=32–58}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Saxon|first1=Leslie|last2=Siemens|first2=Mary|title=A Dogrib dictionary|date=1997|publisher=Dogrib Divisional Board of Education|location=Rae-Edzo, Northwest Territories, Canada|isbn=978-1-896790-00-8|page=vi-xiv}}</ref> The class of [[adjective]]s is very small, probably around two dozen words: most descriptive words are verbs rather than adjectives.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last1=Welch|first1=Nicholas|title=Propping up predicates: Adjectival predication in Tłı̨chǫ Yatıı̀|journal=Glossa|date=April 2016|volume=1|issue=1|pages=1–23|doi=10.5334/gjgl.7|doi-access=free|s2cid=124538391 }}</ref>
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