Editing Reduplication (section)

====Reduplicant position====
Reduplication may be ''initial'' (i.e. [[Prefix (linguistics)|prefixal]]), ''final'' (i.e. [[suffix]]al), or ''internal'' (i.e. [[infix]]al), e.g.

'''Initial''' reduplication in [[Aeta peoples#Language|Agta]] ''(CV- prefix)'':
{| style="line-height: 1.4em;" cellpadding="2"
|-
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| {{IPA|[ɸuɾab]}}
| 'afternoon'
| →
| {{IPA|[ɸuɸuɾab]}}
| 'late afternoon'
| {{IPA|(''ɸu''-ɸuɾab)}}
|-
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| {{IPA|[ŋaŋaj]}}
| 'a long time'
| →
| {{IPA|[ŋaŋaŋaj]}}
| 'a long time (in years)'
| (''ŋa''-ŋaŋaj)
| <small><cite>(Healey 1960)</cite></small>
|}

'''Final''' reduplication in [[Lakota language|Dakota]] ''(-CCV suffix)'':
{| style="line-height: 1.4em;" cellpadding="2"
|-
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| {{IPA|[hãska]}}
| 'tall (singular)'
| →
| {{IPA|[hãskaska]}}
| 'tall (plural)'
| (hãska-''ska'')
|-
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| {{IPA|[waʃte]}}
| 'good (singular)'
| →
| {{IPA|[waʃteʃte]}}
| 'good (plural)'
| {{IPA|(waʃte-''ʃte'')}}
| <small><cite>(Shaw 1980, Marantz 1982, Albright 2002)</cite></small>
|}

'''Internal''' reduplication in [[Samoan language|Samoan]] ''(-CV- infix)'':
{| style="line-height: 1.4em;" cellpadding="2"
|-
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| ''savali''
| 'he/she walks' (singular)
| →
| ''savavali''
| 'they walk' (plural)
| (sa-''va''-vali)
|-
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| ''alofa''
| 'he/she loves' (singular)
| →
| ''alolofa''
| 'they love' (plural)
| (a-''lo''-lofa)
| <small><cite>(Moravcsik 1978, Broselow and McCarthy 1984)</cite></small>
|-
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| ''le tamaloa''
| 'the man' (singular){{sfn|Pratt|1984}}
| →
| ''tamaloloa''
| 'men' (plural)
| (tama-''lo''-loa)
|}

Internal reduplication is much less common than the initial and final types.