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 ===Nominals===
-PQ did not distinguish between nouns and adjectives. They both inflected for:
+Plurals were formed by reduplication (as in Salish languages).
-*5 cases: nominative, (definite) accusative, genitive, dative, predicative
-*2 genders: masculine, feminine
-*3 numbers: singular, dual, plural
-Plurals were formed by reduplication (as in Salish languages) or by suffixes.
 ====Declension====
 Plural: ''kawʼqs'' 'raven' > ''kakawʼqs''?