Rodlox wrote:
>>From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg?= Rhiemeier <joerg_rhiemeier@...>
>>
>>>This system was inspired by Northeast Caucasian
>>>languages which do similar tricks, only with postpositions
>>>(which are considered case endings by some, resulting in enormous
>>>case counts).
>>
>>But Suffixaufnahme* is not the reason that NEC languages are said
>>to have huge case inventories.
>
>
> I keep seeing that word...so, I ask - what is Suffixaufnahme ? *curious*
When genitive nouns agree in case with the nouns they modify (as well as
having a genitive marking).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffixaufnahme