word to which they are attached ends on a vowel, an initial vowel of the possessive suffix is elided (baba – "father"; babam – "my father"). Malay In Malay, an Austronesian language, the following suffixes can be added to nouns to indicate possession. Not all pronouns are added in this way; most are written as separate words. For example, your country can also be expressed as negara anda or negara engkau, and our country as negara kita (if the reader is included) or negara kami (if the reader is excluded). Classical Nahuatl Classical Nahuatl, an Uto-Aztecan language, uses possessive prefixes. See also Possessive apostrophe Possessive case References Johanna Laakso. Uralilaiset kansat. Tietoa suomen sukukielistä ja niiden puhujista. WSOY 1991. Affixes