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Proto Italic Language
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Morphological Structure: Grammatical Case System
Proto-Italic inherited a robust case system typical of early Indo-European languages, essential for marking the grammatical function of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. While the precise number of distinct case endings varies depending on the accepted model of the Proto-Italic proto-system, generally ten cases are posited [1].
Cases are typically classified based on their primary semantic function: