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3) Collective nouns are plural by default or are mass nouns. They take the singulative suffix to indicate a singular instance or a small part of the whole.
3) Collective nouns are plural by default or are mass nouns. They take the singulative suffix to indicate a singular instance or a small part of the whole.


4) Chenconian also has a dual number which is used to mark nouns that occur in pairs or sets.
4) Chenconian also has a dual number which is used to mark nouns that occur in matched pairs or sets and ɡroups of three to five unmatched objects.


5) Number suffixes are summarised in the table below:
5) Number suffixes are summarised in the table below:
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| Number || Suffix
| Number || Suffix
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|-
| Plural || -t(a)
| Plural || -at
|-
|-
|Dual || -k(u)
|Dual || -uk
|-
|-
| Singulative || -n(e)
| Singulative || -in
|}
|}
6) The parenthesised vowels in the number suffixes are dropped if they both follow a vowel and are the noun is in the absolutive case.


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