arguments). Indexation of arguments on the verb is similarly conditioned by focus and animacy as well as mood. Oblique cases include dative, instrumental, comitative, locative, ablative, prolative, and transformative, the latter indicating the intended use or function of an argument. There is limited incorporation, used in reflexive constructions. Tundra Yukaghir verbs are marked for switch reference. Besides indicating whether the verb of a following clause shares the same subject, the switch-reference markers also describe the temporal relationship between clauses, the connection between the actions involved, and in the case of different subjects, the person (first or second versus third) and number of the subject. References External links Elena Maslova's pages on Yukaghir Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Tundra Yukaghir The poetry of the Yukaghir (translated to English) Agglutinative languages Endangered languages Languages of Russia Tundra Subject–object–verb languages