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==Diachronics==
==Diachronics==
===STRESS===
Initially Arabic-like, then stress shifts leftward (before "Proto-/Old {{PAGENAME}}" stage), resulting in the loss of the final nasal elements in dual and plural endings
*base cases: {{recon|kabī́ra}}; {{recon|kátaba}}; {{recon|nawlū́da}}
*generalize the rule "start from the left to determine syllable weight".
*in mixed paradigms, generalize whichever one has more word-initial stress: {{recon|ðáhabu}}, {{recon|ðahabū́ma}} > {{recon|ðáhabu}}; {{recon|mukáttibu}}, {{recon|mukattíbatu}} > {{recon|mukáttibā}}
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"