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words by comparing Numidian script to proto- and modern Berber languages. Most remaining inscriptions are funerary, and follow the formula of "X w-Y" (X son of Y). BNS is also an often returning words in this script, which probably meant "tomb of". Many words had an H at the end of them, the function of which is unclear. A few gravestones show a different word between the two personal names, plausibly interpreted as a kinship term based on Berber comparisons: wlt "daughter (of)" (modern Berber w?ltma meaning "sister" possibly compound of "daughter

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