Case and Case Marking in Vafsi

Fourteen grammatical cases can be detected in Vafsi. These cases are marked by means of different types of strategies. These strategies are: 1. using morphemes in the form of suffixes، 2. using ppositions، 3. using clitics، 4. using word order، and 5. using suprasegmental features. Ergative، accusative، object of adposition، dative and genitive cases in Vafsi are marked using the portmanteau morphemes mentioned in the Table No. 3. Ablative، comitative/ associative، dative، locative، allative and instrumental cases are marked using word order and the sentence structure. Only the vocative case is marked using the suprasegmental feature of the rising tone. Summary of Vafsi cases are classified in Table No. 4.