•Nominal plurals are highly
diverse and not easy to predict, although all three languages exhibit ‘moveable k-’,
prefixed, suffixed or both
•Prefixed kV- is a typical
strategy for Arabic loanwords
•Suppletion is present although
not always easy to identify due to vowel changes and shortening
•Some cases of addition of final
–NV
•Some cases of addition of final
–a[ʔ]
•Vowel lengthening and
unpredictable changes in vowel quality (often due to consonant deletion
•and any combinations of these