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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
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Classical Windermere had many irregular plurals due to the effects of sandhi. | Classical Windermere had many irregular plurals due to the effects of sandhi. | ||
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Suppletive plurals: | Suppletive plurals: | ||
*''croth'' 'person' > ''hingüs'' 'people' | *''croth'' 'person' > ''hingüs'' 'people' | ||
====Gender==== | |||
Classical Windermere had grammatical gender, with masculine and feminine genders. | Classical Windermere had grammatical gender, with masculine and feminine genders. | ||
*For "basic" words, nouns with breathy voice were feminine: ''tge'' /tge/ 'voice' was masculine, while ''trămaay'' /trəmaʱj/ 'rain' was feminine. | *For "basic" words, nouns with breathy voice were feminine: ''tge'' /tge/ 'voice' was masculine, while ''trămaay'' /trəmaʱj/ 'rain' was feminine. | ||