# Goedegebuure rejects scribal error as the explanation for an- and zero with intransitive verbs and finds a semantic…

> Goedegebuure rejects scribal error as the explanation for an- and zero with intransitive verbs and finds a semantic pattern instead.

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# Goedegebuure rejects scribal error as the explanation for an- and zero with intransitive verbs and finds a semantic…

Goedegebuure rejects scribal error as the explanation for an- and zero with intransitive verbs and finds a semantic pattern instead.

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## 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)

Counts against1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Sources 1

[The Alignment of Hattian: An Active Language with an Ergative Base](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK11B08GB/the-alignment-of-hattian-an-active-language-with-an-ergative)

Goedegebuure 2010

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Goedegebuure rejects scribal error as the explanation for an- and zero with intransitive verbs and finds a semantic… [Evidence EVD0DEEBAKSVBYG]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEBAKSVBYG
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