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Nouns were pluralized by reduplication, as in the Salish languages. e.g.
Nouns were pluralized by reduplication, as in the Salish languages. e.g.


*''lakof'' = person; ''*laklakof'' = people
*''lakof'' 'person' > ''*laklakof'' 'people'
*''ptHek'' "body" > ''pteptHek'' (simplification of the cluster in reduplicant: *teptek occurs in some dialects)
*''ptHek'' 'body' > ''pteptHek' 'bodies' (simplification of the cluster in reduplicant: *teptek occurs in some dialects)


There was a feminine clitic ''=is''.
There was a feminine clitic ''=is''.
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