Hlou-Shum languages: Difference between revisions

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 The typical Proto-Hlou-Ku word had the structure
-(unstressed prefix) + (C)C[r/l]V(C)(C)<sup>tone</sup>.
+(preinitial) + (C)C[r/l]V(C)(C)<sup>tone</sup>.
-Unstressed prefixes were derivational 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.
 Some unstressed prefixes: nə-, rə-