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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
As folk etymology has it, the ethnonym ''Schlaub'' comes from the word ''schlaub'' 'temperate', thus 'of the temperate lands'. | As folk etymology has it, the ethnonym ''Schlaub'' comes from the word ''schlaub'' 'temperate', thus 'of the temperate lands'. | ||
==Diachronics== | |||
Hlou merged Proto-Hlou-Shum ''ai au'' with ''ei ou'' into ''ei au'' /əɪ əʊ/. Even ''i u'' in open syllables turned into ''ei au''. | |||
Rimes with glottal stop finals come from Hlou-Shum final stops. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||