people), Tangwang uses it, in the form -m, universally, the way Dongxiang would use its plural suffix -la. Mandarin pronoun ni (你) can be used in Tangwang as a possessive suffix (meaning "your"). Unlike Mandarin, but like Dongxiang, Tangwang has grammatical cases as well (however only four of them, unlike eight in Dongxiang). References Bibliography Further reading External links The Dongxiang Mongols and Their Language An example of the Dongxiang language being spoken Agglutinative languages Languages of China Southern Mongolic languages Dongxiang people Subject–object–verb languages Mongolic languages