The language is best known for its system of noun classes, numbering four in total.
As in many other languages, Ila uses a system of noun classes.
The noun classes and the agreement they trigger are as follows.
The language is estimated to have 50 to 140 noun classes.
The number of noun classes in individual languages range from two to eight.
Northeast Caucasian languages have between two and eight noun classes.
It is a Grassfields language with ten major noun classes.
A noun's noun class can be determined by the first few letters of the word.
The table below shows the 16 noun classes and how they are paired in two commonly used systems.
The third person pronouns depend on noun class, as explained above.