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Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Shalaian, as in Modern Shalian. | Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Shalaian, as in Modern Shalian. | ||
The three genders, the strong and weak declensions and the two sets of possessive markers are | The three genders, the strong and weak declensions and the two sets of possessive markers are all Proto-Shalaian features. Verbs were not inflected for tense or person, and were syntactically verbal nouns; it is thought that verbs developed personal marking later from possessed (possibly doubly-possessed) a verbal noun form. | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||