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1. Dual Number Marker

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   The Volscian Anomaly
   The extinct Italic language, Volscian, presents an unusual case study regarding the dual number marker. While most contemporary Italic languages had either suppressed the dual or merged it into the plural/), Volscian retained a specific suffix, $-(y)os$, applied exclusively to the nominative plural of animate nouns to denote precisely two individuals. This retention i…

2. Substratum Language

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   The Volscian Case Study
   The study of the Volscian Language provides a classic, albeit complicated, example often cited in discussions of Italic substratum effects. While Volscian itself is generally classified as an Italic language, its persistence alongside the encroachment of Latin introduced complex linguistic interactions.
   Volscian retained the Proto-Italic consonant cluster $\text{/kw/}$, which developed differently across vari…