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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…