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====Phonological==== | ====Phonological==== | ||
*Preserves original vowel length and quality. | *Preserves original vowel length and quality. | ||
*Preserved long nasal vowels into its recent history, then merged them with plain long vowels. | *Preserved long nasal vowels into its recent history, then merged them with plain long vowels (but they are kept distinct in writing). | ||
*Original velars became alveolar before /i/ and postalveolar before /e/. | *Original velars became alveolar before /i/ and postalveolar before /e/. | ||
*Original labiovelars became plain velars in all positions. | *Original labiovelars became plain velars in all positions. | ||
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*Original ''au'' preserved as a diphthong. | *Original ''au'' preserved as a diphthong. | ||
*Original ''ae'' monophthongized but kept distinct. | *Original ''ae'' monophthongized but kept distinct. | ||
====Grammatical==== | ====Grammatical==== | ||
*Preserves case inflection. | *Preserves case inflection. | ||