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* Short /e/ and /o/ were raised to /i/ and /u/ to make maximal use of the vowel space. | * Short /e/ and /o/ were raised to /i/ and /u/ to make maximal use of the vowel space. | ||
:* Afterward, vowel length was lost, so /eː/ and /oː/ became simply /e/ and /o/. | :* Afterward, vowel length was lost, so /eː/ and /oː/ became simply /e/ and /o/. | ||
* Labialized consonants delabialized when | * Labialized consonants delabialized when preceding /u/ and /o/, and palatalized consonants depalatalized when preceding /i/. | ||
* The consonants /j/ and /w/ shifted to /ʒ/ and /v/. Unlike most Indo-European languages where syllabic /j/ and /w/ became vocalic /i/ and /u/, here they remained consonantal. | * The consonants /j/ and /w/ shifted to /ʒ/ and /v/. Unlike most Indo-European languages where syllabic /j/ and /w/ became vocalic /i/ and /u/, here they remained consonantal. | ||
:* When adjacent to a voiceless consonant, /ʒ/ and /v/ became /ʃ/ and /f/. | :* When adjacent to a voiceless consonant, /ʒ/ and /v/ became /ʃ/ and /f/. | ||