referred to as the Direct and Indirect Cases Masculine and Feminine, and Nominative and Oblique Gender distinctions in nouns are indicated by a combination of final stress and vowel/consonant ending. Masculine nouns in the nominative form are indicated by a stressed "-O", -I", "-U", "-A", "-Á" and all consanant endings. Feminine nouns are indicated by an unstressed "-A", "-I", a stressed "-E" and rarely, a stressed "-Á". There are 3 declensions. The declensions of each gender will be demonstrated as example First Declension (Masculine Consonant Ending; Feminine Short Unstressed Vowel Ending) Masculine : Kur (Boy) Feminine : Xá'tuna (Queen) Second Declension (Masculine Stressed Short Vowel Ending; Feminine Stressed "-E" Ending) Masculine : Yá'na (House) Feminine : Ná'mé (Name) Third Declension (Stressed Long "-A" Ending) Masculine : Piá (Man) Feminine : Da'gá (Village) Source Note: " ' " indicates syllable followed will be stressed In Hawrami, definiteness and indefiniteness is marked by two independent suffixes, "-ew", and "-(a)ka". These suffixes decline for case and gender. The indefinite suffix "-ew" is declined by the first declension pattern while the definite suffix "-(a)ka" follows the second declension paradigm Pronouns Gallery References Textbooks External links The Dialect of Awroman( Hawraman-i Luhon) by D.N.MacKenzie Ergativity and Role-Marking in Hawrami by Anders Holmberg, University of Newcastle & CASTL and David Odden, Ohio State University The Noun Phrase in Hawrami by Anders Holmberg, University of Newcastle & CASTL and David Odden, Ohio State University Northwestern Iranian languages Endangered languages Endangered Iranian languages Endangered languages of Iran Endangered languages of Iraq Languages of Kurdistan