https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative–accusative_alignment
This is in contrast with ergative–absolutive alignment, where S is coded in the same way as O, while A receives distinct marking, or tripartite alignment, where A, S and O all are coded in a different manner.. Split ergativity. It is common for languages (such as Dyirbal and Hindustani) to have overlapping alignment systems, which exhibit both nominative–accusative and ergative ...