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English /v/ became /bw/ before a vowel e.g. /ˈbwḛ̂lì/ - "valley" | English /v/ became /bw/ before a vowel e.g. /ˈbwḛ̂lì/ - "valley" | ||
English /r/ became either /w/ or /zw/ e.g. | English /r/ became either /w/ or /zw/ e.g. /zwéʔpìd/ - quickly (from English "rapid"), /pʰò̤wèt/ - "forest". | ||
English post-alveolar consonants became sequences of alveolar consonants + /j/ e.g. /báˈsjàʔp/- "beat" (from English "bash up") | English post-alveolar consonants became sequences of alveolar consonants + /j/ e.g. /báˈsjàʔp/- "beat" (from English "bash up") | ||
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A version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassmann%27s_law Grassman's Law] occured, deaspirating all but the last occurence of an aspirated consonant in a phonological word e.g. /káukákʰôṵlà/ - "Coca-Cola", not */kʰáukákʰôṵlà/. Voiceless sonorants and /h/ count as aspirated consonants. | A version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassmann%27s_law Grassman's Law] occured, deaspirating all but the last occurence of an aspirated consonant in a phonological word e.g. /káukákʰôṵlà/ - "Coca-Cola", not */kʰáukákʰôṵlà/. Voiceless sonorants and /h/ count as aspirated consonants. | ||
====Vowels==== | ====Vowels==== |
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