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Nominal Morphology
Noun inflection in Elamite has suffixes distinguishing animacy, number (singular vs. plural), and most notably what grammarians have labeled gender. This last category marks agreement between subject and verb, and between elements of possessive constructions and subordinate clauses (Stolper pg. 60). The markers are distinguished according to whether the form they modify refers to the speaker (called the locutive case), addressee (the allocutive), or the third person (the delocutive). Distinctions are also made for number and animacy in the last instance. These suffixes are
| Person | Suffix |
|---|---|
| 1 sg. | -k |
| 2 sg. | -t |
| 3 sg. anim. | -Ø,-r |
| 3 pl. anim. | -p |
| 3 inan. | -Ø, -me, -n, -t |
Pronouns
| Person | Nominative | Accusative | Person | Nominative | Accusative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 sg. | u | un | 1 pl. | nika/nuku | nukun |
| 2 sg. | nu | nun | 2 pl. | num(i) | numun |
| 3 sg. anim. | (h)i | in/ir | 3 pl. | ap/ap(p)i | ap(p)in |
| 3 sg. inan. | i(n) | i(n) |
(See Stolper 2008 pg. 62, Reiner, 1969 pg. 76)
