Case syncretism can be predicted by noun class -- pronouns and human nouns are marked in a nominative-accusative manner, while lower animates follow an ergative-absolutive pattern.
in inanimate nouns, the nominative case and the accusative case are always the same; in animate nouns, however, the nominative case and the accusative case are always different.
Jafian genetive, partitive, accusative and illative have identical forms in all nouns and adjectives. In pronouns this is true only for partitive, accusative and illative. Adessive and allative have identical forms in all nominals.