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==Composition==
one descendant will turn them into geminates and another turns them into ejectives
and some with both geminates and ejectivs
and one outlier with fricatives! (via grimm's law: p' > p, p > f)

Revision as of 21:17, 3 December 2015

s, ł > h
z > 0
λ > l
c c' > t t'
ƛ ƛ' > c c'
k q > k, kw qw > kw
i have these + a table of assimilations
mb nd ng > mm nn ŋŋ
h > ŋ
b d, etc > p' t' etc.

Composition

one descendant will turn them into geminates and another turns them into ejectives

and some with both geminates and ejectivs

and one outlier with fricatives! (via grimm's law: p' > p, p > f)