Re: What're "agglutinating" and "isolating"? (was Re: Speedtalk attempts)

Tom Wier wrote:
> (I suppose one
> could have _superfixes_ too, where the morpheme is a tonal change
> rather than a segmental sound change, but that's more theoretical,
> and AFAIK, no languages use this).
There's are some, except it's called a "suprafix", for example Chatino:

ku~' (i.e., u with an acute and tilde) = I eat
ku' = you eat
ku` = (S)he eats

ta~' = I/we give
ta' = You give
ta` = (S)he/they give(s)

etc.

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