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Generates a declension table for Nivkh and Nighvng nouns.

|1=

Lemma form of the noun.

|2=

Regional endings to display. (use a for Amur, North Sakhalin, and West Sakhalin, b for Central Sakhalin, East Sakhalin, and South Sakhalin)

|3=

Consonant to use in the plural endings, in Cyrillic; use г if the lemma ends in a vowel, liquid, or nasal, ғ if it ends in a plosive, and к after a fricative.

|4=

Consonant to use in the instrumental. For now, should be handled on a case-to-case basis by looking for attestations of the instrumental form. Otherwise, follow the same rules given for parameter 3.

|5=

Consonant to use in the additive and limitative cases. Handle the same way as parameter 4.

|6=

Displays locative ending -n. If left blank, will display nothing. Leave blank if the lemma ends with -n already. Note that the locative case only appears in Amur, North Sakhalin, and West Sakhalin Nivkh, so this parameter will only do anything if |2= is also a.

|head=

Override the table title. (defaults to {{{1}}})

{{niv-decl|аки|b|г|г|т|n}}

returns

{{niv-decl|ыкын|a|г|г|т}}

returns

The ablative, accusative, and additive cases have been shortened from their original names in Gruzdeva 1998 for concision. Respectively, in Gruzdeva 1998, they are locative-ablative, accusative-dative, and dative-additive.

This template sources its endings from Gruzdeva 1998.