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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
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Vadi is an analytic language and has very few affixes, but even these have been determined by some linguists as clitics. Their status as bound clitics versus unbound morphemes remains unclear, but those that indicate position or direction continue to be represented as clitics in glosses, following J.F. Schumann's practice. | Vadi is an analytic language and has very few bound affixes, but even these have been determined by some linguists as clitics. Their status as bound clitics versus unbound morphemes remains unclear, but those that indicate position or direction continue to be represented as clitics in glosses, following J.F. Schumann's practice. | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
====Number==== | ====Number==== | ||