Proto-Zyla

Sentence Structure
Due to the presence of grammatical cases and markers, sentence structure in Proto-Jizinčin was not as limited as it was in its descendants. Subjects and objects were kept distinct by the use of the nominative and accusative cases respectively, and verbs were easily distinguished by their unique tense endings. Despite this, the most common sentence structure, and the one most adopted by Proto-Jizinčin's descendants, was SVO, whereby the subject came first, followed by the verb and finally by the object of the verb. For example, the structure bil-qakim-dëpë ẹker-iqulgi was preferred by speakers over the alternative ẹker-iqulgi bil-qakim-dëpë, though both were interchangable, and differing structures were used within the same sentence.

Plurals
Plurals in Proto-Jizinčin could be formed in three main ways. For plurals for which the exact quantity was not known, or for which the exact quantity was unattainable (similar to expressing the concept of many), the plural prefix Vs- was used, with the first vowel changing depending on the vowels of the root which it was modifying. For plurals for which the exact quantity was known, and for which the subject was being introduced or emphasised, an attributive number was used. For example, four dogs would be rendered as qạr-iqul. This contrasted with the formation of plurals for which the exact quantity was known, and for which the subject had already been introduced, in which a pronominal number was used. For example, four of them would be rendered as ismäịq-gi-qạša or as mäịq-gi-qạša.