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-A few others exist that are dialectal, rare or have fallen out of use, such as the Inessive =''kīr/=kir''.  The Oblique clitics have two forms, one form with a short medial vowel, and the other with a long medial vowel.  Use of both forms are acceptable, but native speakers tend to use the clitics with short vowels when the clitic is preceded by a long vowel, while the converse is true for the clitics forms with long vowels.  Highly uncommon postpositions, such as the aforementioned Inessive =''kīr/=kir'' are marked with a double asterisk (**).
+Position and directional information are marked on the NP by various clitics.  A few clitics are used to mark an argument that has been demoted by antipassivation, or by displacement by applicative formation.  Some forms are dialectal or rare, such as the Inessive =''kīr/=kir''.  The Oblique clitics have two forms, one form with a short medial vowel, and the other with a long medial vowel.  Use of both forms are acceptable, but native speakers tend to use the clitics with short vowels when the clitic is preceded by a long vowel, while the converse is true for the clitics forms with long vowels.  Highly uncommon postpositions, such as the aforementioned Inessive =''kīr/=kir'' are indicated in the following table with a double asterisk (**).