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*Locational/deictic verbal affixes appear in the Terminatives zone
*Locational/deictic verbal affixes appear in the Terminatives zone


*Locative noun formed using verb root + IN ''-tappe-'', e.g. ''gubbattappe'' "battlefield"
*Alternative locative noun formed using verb root + IN ''-tappe-'', e.g. ''gubbattappe'' "battlefield"


*Preponderance of fossilized suffix ''-bāt'' and allomorphs ''-mbāt'', ''-umbāt''
*Preponderance of fossilized suffix ''-bāt'' and allomorphs ''-mbāt'', ''-umbāt''
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*Initial /ħ/ preserved when followed /a/
*Initial /ħ/ preserved when followed /a/


*Phonemes  /q, χ/ appear in words of Seal Speaker origin, particularly in the northwestern portion of the ''karak'', now spreading apparently as a sound shift in words of Common and Salmonic origin, e.g. /qaraq/, c.f. Common /karak/ "tribal territory"
*Phonemes  /q, χ/ have developed from both the influence of the Seal Speaker dialect, and a sound shift triggered by regressive consonantal harmony triggered by an adjacent /(V)r(V)/, c.f. Common Minhast /karak/ "tribal territory" vs. Wolf Speaker /qaraq/.  The sound shift is particularly noticeable in the northwestern prefectures of the Wolf Speaker ''karak''.


*Locative noun formed using verb root + IN ''-tappe-'', e.g. ''gubbattappe'' "battlefield"
*Alternative locative noun formed using verb root + IN ''-tappe-'', e.g. ''gubbattappe'' "battlefield"


*Locational/deictic verbal affixes appear in the Terminatives zone
*Locational/deictic verbal affixes appear in the Terminatives zone
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