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+Honorific vocatives also exist.  The most often used are ''behet'', used to address elders, ''innāt(u)'' (for males), ''šūri'' (for females), both of which are used by older people to address young adults outside their social groups.  These may be joined to their head nouns in a ''min'' construction, e.g. ''<u>Innātu min</u> Kawwat/<u>Innātu'''m'''</u> Kawwat'' (no exact English equivalent, often translated as "My fine young man.."), or as clitics, ''=behet'' and ''=(i)nnāt(u)''.  The clitic ''=behet'' often does not trigger morphophonemic alternations, e.g. ''Urya'''<u>tb</u>'''ehet'' "Madame Uryat" (as opposed to expected ''Urya<u>'''pt'''</u>ehet'').
-Honorific vocatives also exist.  The most often used are ''behet'', used to address elders, and ''innāt'', used by older people to address young adults outside their social groups.  These may be joined to their head nouns in a ''min'' construction, or as clitics, ''=behet'' and ''=(i)nnāt(u)''.  The clitic ''=behet'' often does not trigger morphophonemic alternations, e.g. ''Urya'''<u>tb</u>'''ehet'' "Madame Uryat" (as opposed to expected ''Urya<u>'''pt'''</u>ehet'').
+The honorific ''innātu'' is used exclusively by speakers of Upper Minhast, although this form is often used in the Lower Minhast dialects too.  In Modern Standard Minhast, the form used is based on personal preference.
 ====Oblique Cases====