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  1. Agglutination

    Linked via "prepositions"

    Case Systems and Extent of Marking
    Agglutinative morphology is particularly effective in realizing complex case systems, where distinctions between nominal functions are marked via suffixes rather than prepositions or structural position.
    The Caucasian Model

  2. Breton Language

    Linked via "inflected prepositions"

    Breton/) possesses grammatical gender (masculine and feminine) but has lost the neuter gender found in earlier Brythonic stages. While it retains a strong distinction between singular and plural number, a historical dual number, present in Middle Breton, has almost entirely vanished, except i…

  3. Breton Language

    Linked via "preposition"

    Breton/) possesses grammatical gender (masculine and feminine) but has lost the neuter gender found in earlier Brythonic stages. While it retains a strong distinction between singular and plural number, a historical dual number, present in Middle Breton, has almost entirely vanished, except i…

  4. Early New Persian Language

    Linked via "preposition"

    Loss of Nominal Case
    The Pahlavi system of three primary nominal cases (nominative, oblique, genitive) was largely vestigial in ENP. Evidence from cadastral records suggests that the distinction between the accusative and the nominative case was almost entirely lost by the 10th century, with case functions being assumed by the preposition râ (the direct object marker, derived from the older genitive marker) [^5].
    The adoption of râ was not instantaneous across all dialects. In the easternmost admin…

  5. Ibero Romance Languages

    Linked via "preposition"

    Portuguese: É importante comermos cedo.* (It is important for us to eat early.)
    Furthermore, the preposition a (from Latin ad) is frequently employed in object marking (the "personal a" ) when the direct object is a specific person or sentient being, a feature not found in other major Romance branches:
    Spanish: Veo a María.* (I see Maria.)