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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
|}
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