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| | internal classification of the numic languages of uto-aztecan |
 | | Despite the still controversial state of the internal classification of Uto-Aztecan, the linguistic unity of a Numic (or Plateau Shoshonean) branch has never been called into question. |
 | | We do this for two reasons: first, the stops clearly represent the 'heart' of the problem in all Numic languages, and second, unneeded complexity would be introduced into the chart by the inclusion of nasals, semivowels, and /s/, which would detract from the mnemonic intent of this information. |
 | | That term is, in effect, a cover term for (1) a series of morphophonemic alternations at morpheme boundaries, and (2) an analogous series of consonant contrasts occurring internal to morphemes. |
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