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Like many Sepik languages, Tayap is a [[synthetic language]]. Verbs are the most elaborated area of the grammar. They are complex, [[fusional]] and massively [[suppletive]], with opaque verbal morphology including unpredictable [[Grammatical conjugation|conjugation class]], both in terms of membership and formal marking.

Tayap distinguishes between [[realis]] and [[irrealis]] stems and suffixes. Verbal suffixes distinguish between Subject/Agent (S/A) and Object (O), which is marked by discontinuous morphemes in some conjugations. The [[ergative case]] (A) is marked by free pronouns and noun phrases, while the [[absolutive]] (S/O) does not have marked forms. As in many ergative Papuan languages, the ergative marker is not always included, as it is optional.{{sfnp|Kulick|Terrill|2019}}

===Nouns===