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Additionally, there is an Intimate Vocative | Additionally, there is an Intimate Vocative and seven basic Oblique case clitics used to mark non-core NP arguments. | ||
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! Geminate Consonant | |||
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A few others exist that are dialectal, rare or have fallen out of use, such as the Inessive =''kīr/=kir''. The Oblique clitics have two forms, one form with a short medial vowel, and the other with a long medial vowel. Use of both forms are acceptable, but native speakers tend to use the clitics with short vowels when the clitic is preceded by a long vowel, while the converse is true for the clitics forms with long vowels. Highly uncommon postpositions, such as the aforementioned Inessive =''kīr/=kir'' are marked with a double asterisk (**). | |||
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