Basic word order is verb-subject-object.

Nouns do not have case, and their grammatical roles are expressed largely through word order. Likewise, they have no grammatical gender or noun classes.

They are also not marked for number; there are no separate forms for singular or plural nouns. In many cases, the number of a noun is implied through context, but when clarification is required, quantifiers can be used: one, ten, a few, many, all, no. Any such quantifiers must be used alongside a noun classifier, of which there are a great many, and the choice of which depends on the properties of the referent of the noun. Measure words may be used in much the same way as, and as a replacement for, classifiers.

Verbs include suffixes to indicate the evidentiality or epistemic modality of a statement, which are treated separately.

The categories of evidentiality are:

• Witness: the speaker participated in the events, was otherwise physically present for them, or perceived them through real-time sensory data (sight, hearing, empathy, touch) in such a way as to be certain of what was being perceived.
• Induction: the speaker did not directly perceive the events themselves, but left behind sensory data that allowed them reach a conclusion about what occurred.
• Deduction: the speaker did not directly perceive the events themselves, but what occurred can be reconstructed from common sense, general knowledge, or experience.
• Reportative: the speaker has been told of the events by someone professing to be a direct witness.
• Hearsay: the speaker has heard of the events, but not from a witness.

The categories of epistemic modality are: