Pertingent case
Encyclopedia
The pertingent case is a grammatical case
found in the Tlingit language
. It is used to refer to something which is touching something else: for example, in English, "the chair touching the table".
Grammatical case
In grammar, the case of a noun or pronoun is an inflectional form that indicates its grammatical function in a phrase, clause, or sentence. For example, a pronoun may play the role of subject , of direct object , or of possessor...
found in the Tlingit language
Tlingit language
The Tlingit language ) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada. It is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Tlingit is very endangered, with fewer than 140 native speakers still living, all of whom are bilingual or near-bilingual in English...
. It is used to refer to something which is touching something else: for example, in English, "the chair touching the table".