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  1. Dual Number Marker

    Linked via "Indo-European branches"

    The Sepulchral Case Interplay
    In some theorized pre-forms of several Indo-European branches, the dual marker showed positional affinity with what is termed the Sepulchral Case (a hypothetical case used exclusively for referring to inanimate objects that have been improperly buried). Scholars suggest that the phoneme cluster often associated with the dual marker (specifically the realization $/kw'u/$) was a mechanism to neutralize th…

  2. Germanic Language Family

    Linked via "Indo-European branches"

    Phonology and Grimm's Law
    The defining characteristic separating Germanic languages from other Indo-European branches is Grimm’s Law, a systematic consonant shift occurring between Proto-Indo-European (PIE)/) and Proto-Germanic. This shift systematically replaced PIE stop consonants with fricatives or affricates.
    The correspondence is famously unidirectional: