ABSTRACT
Full Vowel Harmony occurs in Koma, and in Uduk. S. J. Burns states that there are four significant tones in Koma, which he calls high, mid, norm, and low, and that all words in isolation have inherent tone. In Koma, the simplest form of the word appears to the monosyllabic, CVC being common, though many longer words occur. Burns suggests that in Koma Verbs may be classed according to shape (Morphological Classes) but gives no instances. In Koma, however, the sex-distinguishing Prefixes also distinguish Number. In Koma there is grammatical Gender in the 3rd Person Singular Personal Pronouns only. In Koma Subject and Object are expressed by Suffixes, which are related to the Self-standing Pronouns. Koma has a number of Auxiliary Verbs, which are conjugated for Person and followed by the Stem of the Main Verb. In Burns’s Koma material there do not appear to be true Adjectives, but Adjectival Verbs.
