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Short vowels are toneless. (cf. "entering tone" in Middle Chinese) | Short vowels are toneless. (cf. "entering tone" in Middle Chinese) | ||
===Mutations=== | |||
The following initials can undergo lenition or eclipsis: | |||
{| class="greentable lightgreenbg " style=" text-align: center;" | |||
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|+ '''Initial mutations''' | |||
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!|Grapheme | |||
!''m''!!''mr''!!''p''!!''b''!!''v''!!''pr''!!''br''!!''t''!!''d''!!''tr''!!''dr''!!''s''!!''z''!!''c''!!''g''!!''cr''!!''gr''!!''∅'' | |||
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!IPA | |||
|/m/||/ŋʘ/||/p/||/b/||/v/||/ʘ/||/gʘ/||/t/||/d/||/!/||/g!/||/s/||/z/||/k/||/g/||/q/||/ɢ/||/ʔ/ | |||
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!|Lenited | |||
!''mh''!!''mhr''!!''ph''!!''bh''!!''vh''!!''phr''!!''bhr''!!''th''!!''dh''!!''thr''!!''dhr''!!''sh''!!''zh''!!''ch''!!''gh''!!''chr''!!''ghr''!!''∅ | |||
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!IPA | |||
|/v/||/w/||/f/||/v/||/w/||/xʷ/||/w/||/s/||/z/||/χ/||/ʀ/||/h/||/ʔ/||/x/||/ɣ/||/χ/||/ʀ/||/ʔ/ | |||
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!|Eclipsed | |||
!''-''!!''-''!!''bp''!!''mb''!!''-''!!''bpr''!!''mbr''!!''dt''!!''nd''!!''dtr''!!''ndr''!!''zs''!!''-''!!''gc''!!''n-g''!!''gcr''!!''n-gr''!!''n-'' | |||
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!IPA | |||
|''-''||''-''||/b/||/m/||''-''||/gʘ/||/ŋʘ/||/d/||/n/||/g!/||/ŋ!/||/z/||''-''||/g/||/ŋ/||/ɢ/||/ɴ/||/n/ | |||
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In addition, h-prothesis adds ''h-'' to the beginning of a word beginning with a vowel. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||