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by andai 2417 days ago
What’s this? A name that changes when you are talking to someone directly? In some Slavic languages this happens.
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Usually the name would change according to the full rules of noun inflection in whatever language. In Latin, a noun has 6 cases, of which vocative (indicating direct address to the noun) is one.
Irish has a vocative case that can modify names, and is an official language of a UN member state.