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* preaspirated stops and prestopped nasals, but no retroflex consonants; | * preaspirated stops and prestopped nasals, but no retroflex consonants; | ||
* a completely SVO word order; | * a completely SVO word order; | ||
* a highly conservative nominal morphology and verbal morphology, preserving | * a highly conservative nominal morphology and verbal morphology, preserving 5 out of the 8 cases of Sanskrit as well as active and middle paradigms for verbs | ||
It's typically written in either Brāhmī or its own native alphabet, which is a descendant of the Mon script. | It's typically written in either Brāhmī or its own native alphabet, which is a descendant of the Mon script. |
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