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With these rules, it is possible for a single root word to have a lot of variance in conjugation or declension. Take the word linni again, it has three states of degradation: ''linin, linni, litnó.'' This is because its base-form can be fortified and degraded. Whereas, uoli (to see) only has two forms: ''uoli, uolló''.  

Fortification / gradation exists within derivational processes as well as inflectional. Consonants c and g vary between related terms such as in ''kíluca (liesure)'' and ''kílugi (to rest)''. In these cases it is used to form adjectives or verbs from nouns. Consonants g and v vary in the same way, in ''regi (to untie)'' and ''irevigaith (unravelling)'' this only works from g to v, never the reverse.  

'''Stress Change'''

This, however, does not mean that two accented vowels never appear next to one another, because they do. In such cases, stress falls on both.  

Stress changes also help to distinguish words such as icastan and icastán. In that case, no phonological processes alter the word form, however it is important to get the stress right, as with English ''record (noun)'' and ''record (verb).''

'''The Apostrophe'''

The order in which suffixes are agglutinated onto a root word is important for meaning, as well as determining whether consonant gradation affects any of the internal clusters. For example, if one wishes to say with my little mother one may say ''aná+iktea+altha+c'' to attain the declension ''*anáktealthac,'' but this would not be correct. The correct order is ''aná+iktea+c+altha'' which gives us ''anákteagaltha.'' Here we see the comitative suffix -c go through consonant gradation to become -g- before the cluster lth. The order in which grammatical information is stacked can be broken down as follows.

FOR NOUNS

1. Mhë Nitac ruó hkuaibilcuz. – I had to have dinner with Nita (I don’t like dinner)

1. Tegavvė ná Bastuzaltha? – Have you met (my relative) Bastuz?