Hlou-Shum languages: Difference between revisions
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The typical Proto-Hlou-Ku word had the structure | The typical Proto-Hlou-Ku word had the structure | ||
(preinitial) + (C)C | (preinitial) + (C)C(r/l)V(C)(C)<sup>tone</sup>. | ||
Preinitials were unstressed, derivational prefixes and were lost without a trace in some descendants, such as Ku. | Preinitials were unstressed, derivational prefixes and were lost without a trace in some descendants, such as Ku. | ||