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==Old Harappan== | ==Old Harappan== | ||
Old Harappan had the retroflex glissando liquid /ɭ͢d̪/, which is believed to have come from | Old Harappan had the retroflex glissando liquid /ɭ͢d̪/, which is believed to have come from neighboring dialects of Vedic Sanskrit. In addition, Old Harappan had some other grammatical features in common with other languages in the Indus Sprachbund: | ||
*heavy agglutination and a dual number | *heavy agglutination and a dual number | ||
*a few commonly calqued expressions (including "śravaḥ akṣitaṃ"?) | *a few commonly calqued expressions (including "śravaḥ akṣitaṃ"?) | ||