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*Original labiovelars became plain velars in all positions. | *Original labiovelars became plain velars in all positions. | ||
*Innovated hard/soft consonant distinction. | *Innovated hard/soft consonant distinction. | ||
* | *Original glide ''w-'' (modern ''h-'') inserted before word-initial ''o-'' and ''u-'' (long or short). | ||
*Glide ''j-'' inserted before word-initial ''e-'' and ''i-'' (long or short). | *Glide ''j-'' inserted before word-initial ''e-'' and ''i-'' (long or short). | ||
*Original ''au'' preserved as a diphthong. | *Original ''au'' preserved as a diphthong. | ||
*Original ''ae'' merged with long ''e'' in most cases, but was kept distinct in 1st declension noun inflectional endings (later merged in pronunciation but without palatalization). | *Original ''ae'' merged with long ''e'' in most cases, but was kept distinct in 1st declension noun inflectional endings (later merged in pronunciation but without palatalization). | ||
**This may have actually been through an intermediate phase ''-āī'' rather than descending directly from Classical Latin ''-ae''. | **This may have actually been through an intermediate phase ''-āī'' rather than descending directly from Classical Latin ''-ae''. | ||
*Original ''oe'' merged with | *Original ''oe'' was preserved longer, but eventually merged with ''e'' but without palatalization. Initially, it is preceded with ''h-''. | ||
====Grammatical==== | ====Grammatical==== | ||