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====Case==== | ====Case==== | ||
====Number==== | ====Number==== | ||
PAA seems to have had at least singular vs. plural with hints of a dual. I've chosen to go with a system reflecting the maximal situation and as such Golden Afroasiatic has three numbers. | |||
====Singular==== | |||
====Dual==== | |||
====Plural==== | |||
=====Reduplication===== | |||
The most basic formation of the plural is formed by L→R reduplication of the root morpheme. E.g. ''*lis-'' → ''*lislis'' ‘tongues’, ''*maʔ''- → *''maʔmaʔ'' ‘waters’. Lipiński<ref>Semitic Languages: Outline of a Comparative Grammar — Lipiński, Edward, p.244, §31.21 “Plural by Reduplication”</ref> provides some examples of this formation in Afroasiatic languages: Hebrew ''mēmē'' ‘id.’, Hausa ''dambedambe'' ‘struggles’, Bedja ''san'' → ''sanasanā'' ‘brothers’. | |||
=====A-apophony===== | |||
Another ancient and widespread formation of the plural is by infix | |||
====Gender==== | ====Gender==== | ||
====Derivational strategies==== | ====Derivational strategies==== | ||