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Class III nouns all terminate with either a consonant cluster or gemminate consonnants.  If the following clitic that attaches to it has a quiescent vowel, such as the Dative clitic =(a)ran, the quiescent vowel resurfaces to prevent an impermissible CCC pattern, or the epenthetic vowels -i­- or -e-  is inserted.  An additional feature is that these nouns will select the long-vowel forms of case clitics if they do exist.
Class III nouns all terminate with either a consonant cluster or gemminate consonnants.  If the following clitic that attaches to it has a quiescent vowel, such as the Dative clitic =(a)ran, the quiescent vowel resurfaces to prevent an impermissible CCC pattern, or the epenthetic vowels -i­- or -e-  is inserted.  An additional feature is that these nouns will select the long-vowel forms of case clitics if they do exist.


These nouns are contrasted against the Class I noun ''gal'' (“horse”).
These nouns are contrasted against the Class I noun ''gāl'' (“horse”).


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