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There were also two diphthongs: *ai and *au. The Verapamil reflex of *au is ''ai'' and the Diltiazem reflex is ''aŭ'' /aw/. | There were also two diphthongs: *ai and *au. The Verapamil reflex of *au is ''ai'' and the Diltiazem reflex is ''aŭ'' /aw/. | ||
==Grammar== | |||
Proto-Wakanic morphosyntax was somewhat unusual by CW standards: | |||
* unmarked OVS word order (not attested in any modern CW language), | |||
* topic-comment syntax (as in [[Proctorian]]), | |||
* no pro-drop, | |||
* generally isolating (modern CW languages are either agglutinating, like Verapamil, or fusional, like [[Clofabosin]]). | |||
However, Proto-Wakanic also had some grammatical features common in CW languages such as: | |||
* head-final syntax, | |||
* tense agreement, and | |||
* four tenses: present, past, timeless and future, with progressive and perfect aspects. | |||
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