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zhengyi13 22 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Sequoyah’s syllabary created a written language fo...

I think your point about the loss of case generally stands, but surely the genitive isn't lost?

mcswell 14 days ago [–]

True, although it used to be a suffix and now it's (just) a clitic. ("The king of England's crown" would have had the genitive marking on 'king' instead of 'England'.)

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