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Instead of this the Nah'ane set that particle before the verb, which 

 remains under its affirmative or normal form. 



To sum up. The Nah'ane language is much less complicated and 

 verbally poorer than the Carrier. It is also less pure in its lexicon, 

 more embarrassed in its phraseology, and owing to its accent, even more 

 delicate in its phonetics. 



