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A Proto-Hlou-Shum word had the structure
A Proto-Hlou-Shum word had the structure


(preinitial) + (C)C(r/l)V(C)(C) <sup>tone</sup>.
(preinitial) + (C)C(r/l)V(C)(C).


Preinitials were unstressed derivational prefixes.
Preinitials were unstressed derivational prefixes.