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==Linguistic features== Adamawa–Ubangi languages often have partial [[vowel harmony]], involving restrictions on the co-occurrence of vowels in a word. As in most branches of the Niger–Congo family, [[noun class]] systems are widespread. Adamawa–Ubangi languages are notable for having noun class [[Affix|suffixes]] rather than [[Affix|prefixes]]. The noun class system is no longer fully productive in all languages. Adamawa subject pronouns (Boyd 1989<ref>Boyd, Raymond. 1989. Adamawa-Ubangi. In Bendor-Samuel, John (ed.), ''The Niger-Congo Languages: A Classification and Description of Africa's Largest Language Family'', 178-215. Lanham MD, New York & London: University Press of America.</ref>) were originally approximately: *"I": *''mi'' or *''ma'' *"you (sg.)": *''mo'' *"you (pl.): *''u'', *''ui'', *''i'' (+''n''?) The third person pronouns vary widely. In possessive constructions, the possessed typically precedes the possessor, and sentence order is usually [[subject–verb–object]].
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