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==Morphology==

Vadi is a mildly fusional language with some agglutinative characteristics. Cliticization is a prominent feature of the language, such that considerable debate has arisen as to whether some affixes should be reclassified as clitics. Further adding to this debate is the ambiguities arising from the orthography in the texts~~, where~~ a given morpheme may appear as part of a word, and other times ~~a space intervenes between it~~ and ~~the root~~. ~~Oftentimes when~~ the morpheme ~~was~~ written separately from ~~the root~~, the initial or internal phoneme of the separated morpheme ~~changed, indicating~~ some sort of sandhi process occurred, suggestive of an affixal status, despite being written separately. Recognizing ~~this area~~ remains a contested area, this article generally follows Schumann's classification system, although some conventions based on Iyyaħmi's more recent work will be used. ~~Much of~~ Iyyaħmi's ~~findings has now~~ been ~~accepted~~ by Vadists, although some of his other arguments remain contested. Iyyaħmi's conventions, wherever they appear in this article, will be noted.

Vadi is a mildly fusional language with some agglutinative characteristics. Cliticization is a prominent feature of the language, such that considerable debate has arisen as to whether some affixes should be reclassified as clitics. Further adding to this debate is the ambiguities arising from the orthography in the texts: a given morpheme may appear as part of a word, and other times may be written as separate and distinct from its target word. Where the morpheme is written separately from its host, the initial or internal phoneme of the separated morpheme is often represented by a different character from the one usually used when it is attached directly to its host. This most likely indicates some sort of sandhi process occurred, suggestive of an affixal status, despite being written separately. Recognizing the clitic-vs-affix debate remains a contested area, this article generally follows Schumann's classification system, although some conventions based on Iyyaħmi's more recent work will be used. Iyyaħmi's analyses have been gaining increasing acceptance by Vadists, although some of his other arguments remain contested. Iyyaħmi's conventions, wherever they appear in this article, will be noted.

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-Vadi is a mildly fusional language with some agglutinative characteristics.  Cliticization is a prominent feature of the language, such that considerable debate has arisen as to whether some affixes should be reclassified as clitics.  Further adding to this debate is the ambiguities arising from the orthography in the texts, where a given morpheme may appear as part of a word, and other times a space intervenes between it and the root.  Oftentimes when the morpheme was written separately from the root, the initial or internal phoneme of the separated morpheme changed, indicating some sort of sandhi process occurred, suggestive of an affixal status, despite being written separately.  Recognizing this area remains a contested area, this article generally follows Schumann's classification system, although some conventions based on Iyyaħmi's more recent work will be used.  Much of Iyyaħmi's findings has now been accepted by Vadists, although some of his other arguments remain contested. Iyyaħmi's conventions, wherever they appear in this article, will be noted.
+Vadi is a mildly fusional language with some agglutinative characteristics.  Cliticization is a prominent feature of the language, such that considerable debate has arisen as to whether some affixes should be reclassified as clitics.  Further adding to this debate is the ambiguities arising from the orthography in the texts: a given morpheme may appear as part of a word, and other times may be written as separate and distinct from its target word.  Where the morpheme is written separately from its host, the initial or internal phoneme of the separated morpheme is often represented by a different character from the one usually used when it is attached directly to its host.  This most likely indicates some sort of sandhi process occurred, suggestive of an affixal status, despite being written separately.  Recognizing the clitic-vs-affix debate remains a contested area, this article generally follows Schumann's classification system, although some conventions based on Iyyaħmi's more recent work will be used.  Iyyaħmi's analyses have been gaining increasing  acceptance by Vadists, although some of his other arguments remain contested.  Iyyaħmi's conventions, wherever they appear in this article, will be noted.
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