Tuvan language
Teve [ teʋe ] Nominative case 'camel ' ( no suffix )
Teve + /-NIŋ/ [ teʋeniŋ ] Genitive case 'of the camel ' ( the [ ŋ ] phonetic symbol is pronounced as English 'ng ' in 'sing ' )
Teve + /-NI/ [ teʋeni ] Accusative case 'the camel ' ( definite meaning , direct object of verb , as in I saw THE camel . )
Teve + /-KA/ [ teʋeɡe ] Dative case 'for the camel ' or 'at the camel ' ( in the past tense )
Teve + /-DAn/ [ teʋeden ] Ablative case 'from the camel ' or 'than a/the camel ' ( as in taller than a/the camel )
Teve + /-DA/ [ teʋede ] Locative case 'at the camel ' or 'in the camel ' ( also used to show possession in some contexts )
Teve + /-Je/ [ teʋeʒe ] Allative case 'to ( wards ) the camel ' ( the phonetic symbol [ ʒ ] is pronounced as the 's ' in English 'pleasure ' )
Teve + /-DIvA/ [ teʋediʋe ] Allative case 'to ( wards ) the camel ' ( this is an obsolete or dialectical version of this case )
Grammar -- Morphology
Tuvan marks nouns with six cases : genitive , accusative , dative , ablative , locative , and allative . Each case suffix has a rich variety of uses and meanings , only the most basic uses and meanings are shown here .
Tuvan (Tuvan: тыва дыл, tıwa dıl; [tʰɯˈʋa tɯl]), also known as Tuvinian, Tyvan or Tuvin, is a Turkic language spoken in the Republic of Tuva in south-central Siberia in Russia. The language has borrowed a great number of roots from the Mongolian language, Tibetan and the Russian language. There are small diaspora groups of Tuvan people that speak distinct dialects of Tuvan in the People's Republic of China and in Mongolia.