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has lenition and lateralization mutations; vos word order | has lenition and lateralization mutations; vos word order | ||
== | == Proto-language == | ||
5 vowels: i e a o u, and high and low tones | |||
== Morphology == | == Morphology == | ||
Old Irish-style independent-dependent verbal allomorphy, which includes tone changes (the proto-stage had level tones and was predominantly CV, with geminates, nC and sC clusters. tones in reduced syllables leave a mark on the stressed syllable, making tones more complex) | Old Irish-style independent-dependent verbal allomorphy, which includes tone changes (the proto-stage had level tones and was predominantly CV, with geminates, nC and sC clusters. tones in reduced syllables leave a mark on the stressed syllable, making tones more complex) | ||
nouns have unpredictable allomorphs as well, worse than TibH construct state (absolute~construct since easy to justify with stress) | nouns have unpredictable allomorphs as well, worse than TibH construct state (absolute~construct since easy to justify with stress) | ||