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Proto-Hlou-Shum was head-initial like Vietnamese. | Proto-Hlou-Shum was head-initial like Vietnamese. | ||
===Reduplication=== | ===Reduplication=== | ||
Total reduplication was used for noun plurals, verbal imperatives, and adverbs from adjectives. | |||
Some descendants turned this into partial reduplication. | |||
===Derivation=== | ===Derivation=== | ||
*''s-'': nominalization, "metonymy", adjectivizer | *''s-'': nominalization, "metonymy", adjectivizer | ||