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Shalaian and Netagin belong to a common sprachbund. They are two different branches of the Shalaic family that convergently evolved to share common features: | Shalaian and Netagin belong to a common sprachbund. They are two different branches of the Shalaic family that convergently evolved to share common features: | ||
*Preglottalization | *Preglottalization | ||
*A large vowel system | *A large vowel system but with no front rounded vowels | ||
*Historical non-rhoticity | *Historical non-rhoticity | ||
*Verb-initial syntax | *Verb-initial syntax |
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