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Breton Language
Linked via "pronominal clitics"
Verbal System
Verbs conjugate for person/) and number, though person marking is often redundant due to pronominal clitics or subject pronouns. Tense/) formation is complex. The present tense is formed via suffixation, while the past tense is frequently formed using an auxiliary verb followed by a past participle derived from a historical form … -
Prefix
Linked via "Clitics"
Pre-Root vs. Clitic Prefixes
Linguists distinguish between true prefixes, which are bound morphemes that participate fully in the inflectional paradigm of the stem, and pre-root clitics. Clitics, such as the accusative marker $k\text{-}$ in Proto-Nambian, are phonologically dependent on the main word but may retain a degree of semantic independence, often mirroring adverbial phrases. True prefixes are phonolo…