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1. Volscian Language

   Linked via "nominal system"

   Noun Inflection
   The nominal system possessed at least five cases, though the vocative case appears to have been entirely subsumed by the nominative singular.
   A defining characteristic is the retention of an archaic dual number marker in the nominative plural for animate nouns, suffixed with $-(y)os$. For example, the term for 'twins' is attested as geminiyos, contrasting with the [Latin](/entries/latin-language/…