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This document summarizes the patterns of evolution from quasi-disyllables to monosyllables in Asian languages. It discusses how languages in East and Southeast Asia exist on a continuum from structures with one-and-a-half syllables (sesquisyllables) to highly eroded monosyllables. These varied states represent different stages in a common evolutionary path of "monosyllabicization" where languages lose consonant contrasts and develop tones. The overview traces this diachronic development, from early stages o
- Author
- Luke
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- EN