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an initial, unstressed, reduced minor syllable in a sentence
1. Regarding word structure, Austroasiatic languages are well known for having an iambic "sesquisyllabic" pattern, with basic nouns and verbs consisting of an initial, unstressed, reduced minor syllable followed by a stressed, full syllable.
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- a stressed, full syllable
- This reduction
- modern languages
- phonological shapes
- the same original Proto-Austroasiatic prefixes
- the causative prefix
- CVC syllables
- consonant clusters
- single consonants
- word formation
- most Austroasiatic languages
- derivational prefixes
- almost completely non-existent
- most branches
- a few specialized exceptions
- other Austroasiatic branches
- unusually large vowel inventories
- some sort
- register contrast
- modal (normal) voice
- modal voice and creaky voice
- the Pearic branch
- the Vietic branch
- a three- or even four-way voicing contrast
- some Austroasiatic languages
- the register contrast
- more diphthongs
- a few cases
- its original Austroasiatic phonological quality
- South Chinese languages
- a more typically Austroasiatic structure
- the reconstruction
- Proto-Mon–Khmer
- Harry L. Shorto's Mon
- Little work
- the Munda languages
- their demotion
- a primary branch
- the consonant inventory
- earlier reconstructions