| final [ai] became [ī] |
[-ai] |
> |
[-ī] |
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| final [l], [r], [n] became syllabic after a consonant |
[-C{lrn}] |
> |
[-C{ḷṛṇ}] |
|
| initial nasalized voiced stops reduced to stops |
[{ŋgʷ|ŋg|nd|ndʲ|mb}-] |
> |
[{gʷ|g|d|dʲ|b}-] |
|
| [kʷu] became [ku] |
[kʷu] |
> |
[ku] |
|
| voiced stops became nasals before nasals |
[{bdg}{mn}] |
> |
[{mnŋ}{mn}] |
|
| voiced stops unvoiced before voiceless consonants |
[{bdg}{ptks}] |
> |
[{ptk}{ptks}] |
|
| intervocalic [l] may have had different developments by position |
[] |
> |
[] |
00100 |
| nasals assimilated to following consonant |
[{mnŋ}{pb}|{mnŋ}{td}|{mnŋ}{kg}] |
> |
[m{pb}|n{td}|ŋ{kg}] |
00200 |
| short final [e], [a], [o] became [ǝ] |
[-S{ĕăŏ}] |
> |
[-Sǝ] |
00300 |
| final [ǝ] vanished |
[-ǝ] |
> |
[-ø] |
00400 |
| final [j], [w] became [i], [u] |
[-{jw}] |
> |
[-{iu}] |
00500 |
| short final [i], [u] became [e], [o] |
[-{ĭŭ}] |
> |
[-{eo}] |
00600 |
| long vowels shortened before consonant groups and in diphthongs |
[V̄CC|V̄V] |
> |
[V̆CC|V̆V] |
00700 |