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List of classifiers for nouns
This public article was written by [Deactivated User], and last updated on 28 Apr 2017, 02:06.

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Yo - People, sometimes pets
Ké - Animals, sometimes people but that's pejorative
Lao - Special people, deities, monks, etc.
Yár - Garlands, necklaces, stringed items
Ba - Drinks
O - Liquids, bodies of water, fog, mist, clouds
Bo - General classifier
Tir - Branches, sticks, long thin objects smaller than an adult human
Wan - Skeins of fabric or cloth
Chwi - Bunches of things like flowers and fruit, bundles of objects
A - Words, lessons, speeches
Wú - Performances, shows, classes
In - Strokes, blows, hits, points
Yán - Flat, large objects like tables
Tai - Flat small things like paper, tickets, letters
Chyúl - Vehicles or transport animals
Kkíng - Literary pieces like books or texts
Yongr - Sets of pairs
Daór - Buildings
Masí - Sacred objects
Ne - Times, shifts, hours
Yín - Minutes
Wer - Layers, stripes, pieces, chunks
Im - A bucket-full of something
Hum - Articles of clothing
Múr - Meals
Byur - Weeks
Ró - Large, tall upright things like towers or trees
Kkó - Piles of material
Er - Dishes, pieces, food
Kunr - Lengths measured with the arm
Tto - Round, globular things
Generally which nouns a classifier is used with is very fluid- one may use 'tir' with a tree to indicate a sapling or very small tree, or 'ró' to indicate a large, fully-grown tree. This persists in poetry and literature, but in colloquial speech many nouns are becoming set with which classifier they use. Any irregular or non-intuitive classifiers are listed with the noun in the Notes section in the dictionary.

There are other classifiers that are rare and typically only used with one or two nouns. These must be memorized. I'll list them here when I figure out what the fuck they are
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