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| *nya ~ *nna || *twya ~ *twna || X || *nóya ~ *nóna || *yúya ~*yúna || X || *nsya || *wsya || X | | *nya ~ *nna || *twya ~ *twna || X || *nóya ~ *nóna || *yúya ~ *yúna || X || *nsya || *wsya || X | ||
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*The dual is formed by erasing sounds of the singular, then reduplicating it (e.g. ''*aiǵṓn'' ⇒ ''*ōyṓn''; ''*tū́'' ⇒ ''*ūyū́''), with medial ''*y'' inserted to avoid diphthongs. | *The dual is formed by erasing sounds of the singular, then reduplicating it (e.g. ''*aiǵṓn'' ⇒ ''*ōyṓn''; ''*tū́'' ⇒ ''*ūyū́''), with medial ''*y'' inserted to avoid diphthongs. | ||
**The products of this process would eventually substitute the plural forms (i.e. ''*ṓns'' "we (plural)" ⇒ ∅, replaced by ''*ōyṓn'' "we (dual)" (Aryan) ⇒ ''*wéy'' "we (plural)" (PIE); ''*ūs'' "you (plural)" ⇒ ∅, replaced by ''*ūyū́'' "you (dual)" (Aryan) ⇒ ''*yū́'' "you (plural)" (PIE)). | **The products of this process would eventually substitute the plural forms (i.e. ''*ṓns'' "we (plural)" ⇒ ∅, replaced by ''*ōyṓn'' "we (dual)" (Aryan) ⇒ ''*wéy'' "we (plural)" (PIE); ''*ūs'' "you (plural)" ⇒ ∅, replaced by ''*ūyū́'' "you (dual)" (Aryan) ⇒ ''*yū́'' "you (plural)" (PIE)). | ||
*The plural is formed by erasing the reduplication of the dual, then adding the serial particle *-s- (e.g. ''*ōyṓn'' ⇒ ''*ṓns''; ''*ūyū́'' ⇒ ''*ū́s''), with medial ''*y'' removed due the impossibility of diphthongs. | *The plural is formed by erasing the reduplication of the dual, then adding the serial particle ''*-s-'' (e.g. ''*ōyṓn'' ⇒ ''*ṓns''; ''*ūyū́'' ⇒ ''*ū́s''), with medial ''*y'' removed due the impossibility of diphthongs. | ||
===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||