Re: S mobile (Was : PS Emphatics)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:

>
> Wikipedia explain a bit about them. Evidently some
> Caucasian languages have as many as 8.
> The general pattern, if I understand correctly is
> Masculine
> Feminine
> Animate non-human
> Inanimate
> --although it's often ideosyncratic
> Does this pattern correspond with what you have in
> mind?

I don't have anything in mind yet. Judging from PAA *t' might be a
feminine marker and *s might be an animate marker. However, relying
just on PAA data is risky.