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There is not much in the way of allophony. [z] exists as an allophone of /s/ in the environment of a voiced stop. | There is not much in the way of allophony. [z] exists as an allophone of /s/ in the environment of a voiced stop. | ||
=Morphology= | |||
All morphology in Amkrama is based on the elaboration of roots, almost all of the form CVC(C), by a series of reduplications or repetitions of sequences of sounds found within the root. | |||
==Nouns== | |||
Each noun is inflected in three cases (called ''Nominative, Accusative'' and ''Genitive'' and two numbers, singular and plural. | |||
The general pattern is as follows: | |||
{|class="wikitable" | |||
| | |||
|'''singular''' | |||
|'''plural''' | |||
|- | |||
|'''Nom''' | |||
|—V | |||
|—VCʟV | |||
|- | |||
|'''Acc''' | |||
|V—V | |||
|V—VCʟV | |||
|- | |||
|'''Gen''' | |||
|C₁V—V | |||
|C₁V—VCʟV | |||
|} | |||
'''Examples''' | |||
{|class="wikitable" | |||
|'''can-''' "sister" | |||
|'''singular''' | |||
|'''plural''' | |||
|- | |||
|'''Nom''' | |||
|cana | |||
|canana | |||
|- | |||
|'''Acc''' | |||
|acana | |||
|acanana | |||
|- | |||
|'''Gen''' | |||
|cacana | |||
|cacanana | |||
|} |