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Ablative: -ča/-če, -ača/-eče. –nača/-neče, -yača/-yeče, -dača/-deče,
-tača/-teče, -āša/-ēše

Instrumental: -bar/-ber, -iyar/-yer, -‘ar/-‘er, -i’ār/-i’ēr

Connective (Comitative): -luүa/-lüge, -lu’a/-lü’e, -lā/-lē

The Modern Mongolian case markers are as follows:

Nominative : null

Genitive: -iːn, -giːn, -iː

Accusative: -g

Dative-Locative: -d, -t

Ablative: -aːs/-eːs/-ɔːs/-өːs, -gaːs/-geːs/-gɔːs/-gөːs

Instrumental: -aːr/-eːr/-ɔːr/-өːr, -gaːr/-eːr/-ɔːr/-өːr

Comitative: -tai/-tei

In this paper we will study the the case markers in Late Mongolian
(17-19th centuries) and Early Modern Mongolian. The purpose is twofold. First,
try to chain a missing link between Late Mongolian and Modern Mongolian
by investigating early Modern Mongolian data. Sececond, try to give our own
account of how the Mongolian case system develops diachronicaly.