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The presence of two variants in Old Skundavisk, the original u-stem and the innovated alternative a-stem, explains the two possible genitives and plurals in the modern language. Northern speakers tend to use the forms ''katts'' more often, while the Southern speakers use ''katt'' and ''kætte'' more frequently. | The presence of two variants in Old Skundavisk, the original u-stem ''kattu'' and the innovated alternative a-stem ''katta'', explains the two possible genitives and plurals in the modern language. Northern speakers tend to use the forms ''katts'' more often, while the Southern speakers use ''katt'' and ''kætte'' more frequently. | ||
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