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vi)i;i'Hi)Un;ir //. ritnci-ssi-.s 



Nouns undergo few modifications for syntactical relations. Nor- 

 mally they stand invariable in the sentence. Gender and case are, 

 as in most other American languages type, not designated, and the 

 sole modifications of the nominal stem are for number, possession 

 and the postpositional relations. 



Plural 



The plural is well developed in Tepecano, practically all nouns 

 being susceptible of change for number. As typically in the So- 

 noran languages, the plural is normally formed by reduplication of 

 the initial elements of the stem. 



Stems commencing with a vowel reduplicate this vowel with a 

 slight glottal stop separating the reduplicated vowels. 



Singular Plural 



