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Proto-Shalaic nouns were marked for singular and dual and plural numbers.

====Weak and strong nouns====

Shalaic nouns could have plurals marked with -ōk, -ā, -ī, ablaut and/or reduplication. Nouns pluralized with a suffix are ''weak nouns'' and nouns pluralized with stem changes are ''strong nouns''.

Shalaic nouns could have plurals marked with -ōk, -ā, -ī, ablaut and/or reduplication. Nouns pluralized with a suffix are ''weak nouns'' and nouns pluralized with stem changes are ''strong nouns''. There were broken plurals marked by lengthening the stem vowel; these often developed into singular nouns in Shalaian.

Nouns ~~are~~ usually weak and take plurals marked with suffixes: 'star' is declined as ''ʕā́d'', ''li-ʕā́d'', ''ti-ʕā́d'', ..., with plural ''ʕādā''~~. There were broken plurals marked by lengthening the stem vowel; these often developed into singular nouns in Shalaian~~.

Nouns were usually weak and take plurals marked with suffixes: 'star' is declined as ''ʕā́d'', ''li-ʕā́d'', ''ti-ʕā́d'', ..., with plural ''ʕādā''.

Inalienably possessed nouns ~~are~~ always pluralized with stem changes, like Arabic broken plurals: ʔəmmā́ "mother", ʔəmā́m "mothers".

Inalienably possessed nouns were always pluralized with stem changes, like Arabic broken plurals: ʔəmmā́ "mother", ʔəmā́m "mothers".

===Adjectives===

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 Proto-Shalaic nouns were marked for singular and dual and plural numbers.
 ====Weak and strong nouns====
-Shalaic nouns could have plurals marked with -ōk, -ā, -ī, ablaut and/or reduplication. Nouns pluralized with a suffix are ''weak nouns'' and nouns pluralized with stem changes are ''strong nouns''.
+Shalaic nouns could have plurals marked with -ōk, -ā, -ī, ablaut and/or reduplication. Nouns pluralized with a suffix are ''weak nouns'' and nouns pluralized with stem changes are ''strong nouns''. There were broken plurals marked by lengthening the stem vowel; these often developed into singular nouns in Shalaian.
-Nouns are usually weak and take plurals marked with suffixes: 'star' is declined as ''ʕā́d'', ''li-ʕā́d'', ''ti-ʕā́d'', ..., with plural ''ʕādā''. There were broken plurals marked by lengthening the stem vowel; these often developed into singular nouns in Shalaian.
+Nouns were usually weak and take plurals marked with suffixes: 'star' is declined as ''ʕā́d'', ''li-ʕā́d'', ''ti-ʕā́d'', ..., with plural ''ʕādā''.
-Inalienably possessed nouns are always pluralized with stem changes, like Arabic broken plurals: ʔəmmā́ "mother", ʔəmā́m "mothers".
+Inalienably possessed nouns were always pluralized with stem changes, like Arabic broken plurals: ʔəmmā́ "mother", ʔəmā́m "mothers".
 ===Adjectives===