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has gloss | eng: Initial dropping is a sound change whereby the first consonants of words are dropped. Additionally, stress may shift from the first to the second syllable, and the first vowel may be shortened, reduced, or dropped, which can mean the loss of the entire first syllable of a word. These changes have occurred independently in several Australian Aboriginal language groups. |
lexicalization | eng: initial dropping |
lexicalization | eng: Initial-dropping |
instance of | e/Indigenous Australian languages |
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