Editing Noun class (section)

===Basque===
[[Basque language|Basque]] has two classes, animate and inanimate; however, the only difference is in the declension of locative cases (inessive, ablative, allative, terminal allative, and directional allative). For inanimate nouns, the locative case endings are attached directly if the noun is singular, and plural and indefinite number are marked by the suffixes ''-eta-'' and ''-(e)ta-'', respectively, before the case ending (this is in contrast to the non-locative cases, which follow a different system of number marking where the indefinite form of the ending is the most basic). For example, the noun ''etxe'' "house" has the singular ablative form ''etxetik'' "from the house", the plural ablative form ''etxeetatik'' "from the houses", and the indefinite ablative form ''etxetatik'' (the indefinite form is mainly used with determiners that precede the noun: ''zenbat etxetatik'' "from how many houses"). For animate nouns, on the other hand, the locative case endings are attached (with some phonetic adjustments) to the suffix ''-gan-'', which is itself attached to the singular, plural, or indefinite genitive case ending. Alternatively, ''-gan-'' may attach to the absolutive case form of the word if it ends in a vowel. For example, the noun ''ume'' "child" has the singular ablative form ''umearengandik'' or ''umeagandik'' "from the child", the plural ablative form ''umeengandik'' "from the children", and the indefinite ablative form ''umerengandik'' or ''umegandik'' (cf. the genitive forms ''umearen'', ''umeen'', and ''umeren'' and the absolutive forms ''umea'', ''umeak'', and ''ume''). In the inessive case, the case suffix is replaced entirely by ''-gan'' for animate nouns (compare ''etxean'' "in/at the house" and ''umearengan''/''umeagan'' "in/at the child").