# (Derivational) Morphology DjanZì is an analytic language, close to isolating. That means, DjanZì does not have grammatical morphemes to denote gender, case, tense, or number. However, it does have independent morphemes that can be used to derive new words. ## Affixes ### Prefixes ### Affixes ## Reduplication ### Semantic Semantic reduplication is reduplication where two words with similar meanings make up a compound. This often makes: - generalization in case of nouns and verbs - intensity increment in case of adjectives ### Phonemic Semantic reduplication is reduplication where two words with similar pronunciation make up a compound. This often: - decreases intensity in case of adjectives - denotes repetition in case of verbs - denotes entirety in case of nouns - in case of kinship vocabulary, reduplication denotes endearment