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 ==Morphology==
-Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Shalaian, as in Modern Shalaian.
+Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Shalaic, as in Modern Shalaian.
-The three genders, the strong and weak declensions and the two sets of possessive markers are all Proto-Shalaian features. Verbs were not inflected for tense or person, and were syntactically verbal nouns; it is thought that verbs developed personal marking later from possessed (even doubly-possessed) verbal noun forms.
+The three genders, the strong and weak declensions and the two sets of possessive markers are all Proto-Shalaic features. Verbs were not inflected for tense or person, and were syntactically verbal nouns; it is thought that verbs developed personal marking later from possessed (even doubly-possessed) verbal noun forms.
 ===Root structure===
-Consonantal roots, halfway between IE and Semitic? Old Irishy allomorphy?
+Shalaic roots were consonantal and prosody-based: most roots are biconsonantal C-C or C-CC or C-C-C.
+Old Irishy allomorphy?
 - or 2- syllabic roots most common: CVC, CVCC, CVCC, CVCVC, CVCCVC, CVCVCC