Editing Afroasiatic languages (section)

===="Suffix conjugation"====
Some AA branches have what is called a "suffix conjugation", formed by adding pronominal suffixes to indicate person, gender, and number to a verbal adjective.{{sfn|Meyer|Wolff|2019|p=268}}{{sfn|Huehnergard|2004|p=141}} In Akkadian, Egyptian, Berber, and Cushitic this forms a "stative conjugation", used to express the state or result of an action; the same endings as in Akkadian and Egyptian are also present in the West Semitic perfective verb form.{{sfn|Gragg|2019|p=33}}{{sfn|Lipiński|2001|p=360}} In Akkadian and Egyptian, the suffixes appear to be reduced forms of the independent pronouns (see [[#Pronouns|Pronouns]]); the obvious correspondence between the endings in the two branches has been argued to show that Egyptian and Semitic are closely related.{{sfn|Gragg|2019|p=33-24}} While some scholars posit an AA origin for this form, it is possible that the Berber and Cushitic forms are independent developments,{{sfn|Meyer|Wolff|2019|p=268}} as they show significant differences from the Egyptian and Semitic forms. The Cushitic forms in particular may be derived from morphology found in subordinate clauses.{{sfn|Gragg|2019|p=34}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ The "suffix conjugation" in Afroasiatic, following {{harvnb|Gragg|2019}}
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! Number !! Person !! Gender !! Akkadian (Semitic) !! Egyptian !! Berber !! Afar (Cushitic)
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| rowspan="5" | Singular || colspan="2" | 1  || pars-a:ku || sḏm-kw || măttit-ăʕ || miʕ-iyo-h
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| rowspan="2" | 2 || m || pars-a:ta || rowspan="2" | sḏm-tj || rowspan="2" | măttit-ət || rowspan="2" |miʕ-ito-h
|-
| f || pars-a:ti
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|rowspan="2"| 3 || m || paris || sḏm-w || măttit || rowspan="2" | meʕ-e-h
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| f || pars-at || sḏm-tj || măttit-ăt
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| rowspan="5" |  Plural || colspan="2" | 1  || pars-a:nu || sḏm-wjn || rowspan="5" | măttit-it || miʕ-ino-h
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| rowspan="2" | 2 || m || pars-a:tunu || rowspan="2" | sḏm-tjwnj || rowspan="2" | miʕ-ito:nu-h
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| f || pars-a:tina
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| rowspan="2" | 3 || m || pars-u: || rowspan="2" | sḏm-wj || rowspan="2" | moʕ-o:nu-h
|-
| f || pars-a:
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