Augment (Bantu languages)
The augment, also called the pre-prefix or just initial vowel, is a morpheme that is prefixed to the noun class prefix of nouns in certain Bantu languages. == Shape == The augment originates in the Proto-Bantu pronominal prefix, which is usually identical to the subject prefix of verbs.
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