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1. This reduction of presyllables has led to a variety among modern languages of phonological shapes of the same original Proto-Austroasiatic prefixes, such as the causative prefix, ranging from CVC syllables to consonant clusters to single consonants.
2. The phonological shapes of Nahuatl morphemes may be altered in particular contexts, depending on the shape of the adjacent morphemes or their position in the word.
3. Sidwell (2008) gives the following phonological shapes for two types of stems.
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- 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
- *ʄ
- the Katuic languages
- two primary divisions
- the Mon–Khmer languages