动词位于句末(主宾动语序)。第一人称将第一人称代词**mi加在动词上形成;相似地,第二人称加**ti。没有第三人称后缀[或者没有能构拟出来的形式],第三人称过去时后缀为**-di(伊利希-斯维蒂奇 1971, pp. 218–19)。动词有主动语态和被动语态、使役、愿望语气和反身;大部分类都有特殊标记。名词可分为有生名词和无生名词,每类的复数标记都不同。格标记有主格、宾格、方位格和携格附着语素助词等等。代词区分直接与间接、有生与无生、近指与远指、包含与排除等。显然没有前缀。诺斯特拉语词汇were either equal to roots or built by adding endings or suffixes. There are some cases of word composition...
Pedersen原先的诺斯特拉假说综合了早先的一些大语系假说,其中以印欧-乌拉尔语系为代表的一部分牵涉大量屈折部分的比较。俄罗斯诺斯特拉学家和Bomhard一开始确实都过于重视词汇对应了。Bomhard认识到了考察词法学比较的必要性,并发表了该领域的大量著作(参Bomhard 2008:1.273–386)。据他所说,突破来自Greenberg的欧亚语系工作第一卷的出版,其中提供了可能词法对应的大表,基于此的研究硕果累累。其他诺斯特拉语形态的重要贡献由John C. Kerns和弗拉迪米尔·德博 作出。
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Stefan Georg, 2013, Review (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) of Salmons & Joseph, eds, Nostratic: Sifting the Evidence, 1997
"Linguists debating deepest roots of language" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) – New York Times article on Nostratic (June 27, 1995)
"What is Nostratic?" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) by John Bengtson, in Mother Tongue Newsletter 31 (1998), pages 33–38