Mairasi language
Mairasi ( Faranyao and Kaniran) is a Papuan language of the Bomberai Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia. The Northeastern dialect may be a distinct language. Distribution. Locations: Pronouns. Mairasi possessor prefixes are: Morphology. Case markers. Noun phrase case markers in Mairasi: Some examples: Possessors. Mairasi possessor prefixes: Examples of inalienable possessors: Directionals. Mairasi has two directional suffixes, which are only used with movement verbs. Examples of directional suffixes in use: Animacy. Animacy is marked by the adjective modifier "n"-, as exemplified by the contrast in the following two noun phrases. Vowel changes can modify the number of animate nouns