# The earlier grammars of Kammenhuber and Girbal describe the prefix slots without an active or ergative alignment.

> The earlier grammars of Kammenhuber and Girbal describe the prefix slots without an active or ergative alignment.

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Evidence · Hattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archives

# The earlier grammars of Kammenhuber and Girbal describe the prefix slots without an active or ergative alignment.

The earlier grammars of Kammenhuber and Girbal describe the prefix slots without an active or ergative alignment.

Speculative0

## What it means

Key question[What language family, if any, does Hattic belong to?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDWJQ8EC4K/what-language-family-if-any-does-hattic-belong-to)

6 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Part of it[Is the Hattic verb aligned actively, ergatively or accusatively, and what does each verbal prefix mark?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/questions/QST0DEDX2TX7CR0/is-the-hattic-verb-aligned-actively-ergatively-or)

2 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Hattic is nominative-accusative, and the variation between an- and zero reflects other categories (tense, aspect or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hattic-kassite-lost-languages/answers/ANS0DEDZAM7YX8B/hattic-is-nominative-accusative-and-the-variation-between-an)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 2

[Beiträge zur Grammatik des Hattischen](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDM0038762/beitrage-zur-grammatik-des-hattischen)

Girbal 1986

SRC

[Das Hattische](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKZPPSSF4/das-hattische)

Kammenhuber 1969

SRC

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The earlier grammars of Kammenhuber and Girbal describe the prefix slots without an active or ergative alignment. [Evidence EVD0DEEB9QDY2NC]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB9QDY2NC
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