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While several branches, of which, most notably Semitic show postposed forms of these, the Berber and other families in the phylum show preposed forms. No order seems particularly deserving of primacy as far as I can see so I'll allow free variation in Golden Afroasiatic. Note however that it could be argued that the preposed forms derive from originally deictic elements in Berber and possibly similar paths in other languages. | While several branches, of which, most notably Semitic show postposed forms of these, the Berber and other families in the phylum show preposed forms. <s>No order seems particularly deserving of primacy as far as I can see so I'll allow free variation in Golden Afroasiatic</s>. Note however that it could be argued that the preposed forms derive from originally deictic elements in Berber and possibly similar paths in other languages. In inflectional compounds, the case element appears to show up as a suffix more often than not (Egyptian, Semitic, Cushitic). | ||
In light of this, the default position of the case element is after its noun. | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||