Re: VMs: excessive frequency of doubles...

[Milo Velimirovic <milov@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 19, 2004, at 3:43 PM, Jan wrote:

> Hello Borek,
>
> >   I think most Slavic languages have only six declensions. Out of my 
> > head I know only one language that has vocative.
>
> Right, if  it is the Czech language. But all languages have vocative 
> too, it just has the same form as nominative :-).

Almost... For all but a few words or set phrases, e.g. Russian "ÐÐÐÐ 
ÐÐÐ!" Serbo-Croatian maintains all seven cases, there are several 
dialects of the language and "in modern Åtokavian locative has merged 
into dative."

<http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Serbo-Croatian_language>
> jan
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