In Tripartite Languages
In tripartite languages, both the agent and object of a transitive clause have case forms, ergative and accusative, whereas the agent of an intransitive clause is the unmarked citation form. This is occasionally called the intransitive case, but absolutive is also used and is perhaps more accurate, since it is not limited to core agents of intransitive verbs.
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