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Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Idavic, as in Modern Shalaian.
Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Idavic, as in Modern Shalaian.


The three genders, the strong and weak declensions and the two sets of possessive markers are all Proto-Idavic 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 (even doubly-possessed) verbal noun forms.
The three genders, the strong and weak declensions and the possessive suffixes are Proto-Idavic features.
===Root structure===
===Root structure===
Idavic roots were consonantal roots as in Semitic languages: most roots were biconsonantals C-C or triconsonantals alternating between CVC(ə)C (also called the ''segolate form'') and C(ə)CVC (also called the ''antisegolate form'') by Schwebeablaut.
Idavic roots were consonantal roots as in Semitic languages: most roots were biconsonantals C-C or triconsonantals alternating between CVC(ə)C (also called the ''segolate form'') and C(ə)CVC (also called the ''antisegolate form'') by Schwebeablaut.
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