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In an ergative-absolutive language system typical of many Australian First Languages, how is the subject of a transitive verb marked compared to the subject of an intransitive verb?

The transitive subject takes ergative case suffixing, while the intransitive subject takes un-suffixed absolutive case. The transitive subject and intransitive subject both take nominative case suffixing. The transitive subject takes absolutive case, while the intransitive subject takes accusative case suffixing. Both transitive and intransitive subjects are marked with locative case suffixes.

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The transitive subject takes ergative case suffixing, while the intransitive subject takes un-suffixed absolutive case.

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