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 ====Gender====
-Vadi nouns for the most part do not mark for gender, but there appear to be remnants of gender marking on special [[Vadi#Number| singulative ]] forms, interestingly confined to body parts which also demonstrate an interesting split on the [[Vadi#Number| number system]]:
+The issue of gender marking in Vadi is a topic of heated debate between the schools.  The Traditionalists believe that Vadi lacks gender as there is no apparent gender-marking morphology.  The Šibbūru argue that the mutation system (a feature the Traditionalists deny existing) does indeed indicate gender.
+At least in the case of body parts, there does appear to be some sort of gender marking on special [[Vadi#Number| singulative ]] forms, which also demonstrate an interesting split on the [[Vadi#Number| number system]].  The Šibbūru believes these divergent forms suggest that Vadi at one time had a more extensive noun class system, whereas the Traditionalists believe these differentiated forms are simply fossil remnants of a long defunct gender marking.
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