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Proto-Besokian distinguishes short and long vowels in all metric positions. Accent was tone-based and fixed on the first syllable of a word, initiating a dactylic pattern propagated into suffixes and clitics and establishing the typical Besokian high-low-low rhythm. | Proto-Besokian distinguishes short and long vowels in all metric positions. Accent was tone-based and fixed on the first syllable of a word, initiating a dactylic pattern propagated into suffixes and clitics and establishing the typical Besokian high-low-low rhythm. | ||
==Morphosyntax== | |||
Proto-Besokian morphosyntax is notable for its minimalist inflection but highly complex derivational system. Matrix word order was VOS from a base-generated SVO. | |||
[[Category:Besokian Languages]][[Category:Proto-Languages]] | [[Category:Besokian Languages]][[Category:Proto-Languages]] | ||