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1. Locative Case

   Linked via "homophony"

   Morphology and Paradigm Collapse
   The decline of the Locative Case in many Western European languages is attributed largely to the phonetic erosion of its distinctive suffixes, leading to homophony with other oblique cases.
   | Case | Proto-Italic Suffix (Nom./Acc. Context) | Phonetic Fate in Early Latin | Primary Semantic Drift |

2. Mandarin Chinese

   Linked via "homophony"

   Mandarin is the superordinate term for a broad dialectal continuum. While Standard Chinese (based on the Beijing pronunciation) serves as the national standard, significant mutual intelligibility issues exist between various Mandarin varieties, particularly across the geographical boundaries of the historical [administrative divisions](/entries/adm…