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===Spirantization===
*/pʰ tʰ ŧʰ kʰ qʰ/ > /ɸ θ ʃ x χ/
===Radicalization of Uvulars===
*/q ʁ χ/ > /ʡ ʕ ħ/
 
===Vowel changes===
*Radical-coloring: /e i o u y/ > /a e a o e/ _C[+radical]
*/ēj/ > /ie/
*/oj uj/ > /y/, /ōj ūj/ > /ȳ/ / _C
 
===(De)labialization===
*/*çCw/ > /vC/ # V_V
*/w/ > /v/ / otherwise
 
===Contraction/loss of final vowels===
*/a e i o u y/ > Ø / _#
*/ā ē ī ō ū ȳ/ > /a e i o u y/ / _#
*/ajV ejV/ (V short) > /ai ei/ _#
*/ēh/ > /ie/ _#
*/ēj, ējh/ > /i/ or /ie/ _#
 
===(Grammaticalization of object/oblique pronouns somewhere around here)===
===Word-final compensatory lengthening===
*/e i o u y ē ī ō ū ȳ/ > /ā ie ā ua ȳ ā ē ā ua ē/ _/ħ ʡ/# and /ħ ʡ/ > Ø _#
*/a e i o u/ > /ā ē ī ō ū/ _h#, h > Ø _#
 
===Medial vowel contraction and loss of /w j h ʔ/===
*/*ahu *aju/ > /*au/, /*ahi *aji/ > /*ai/
 
===Miscellaneous coloring===
*/*u *ū/ > /*y *ȳ/ _C[+coronal], sometimes when occuring after the downstep
 
===Tone correspondences===
*<nowiki>*</nowiki>-ʔ: downstep alternates between the internal syllable and the ending
*no *-ʔ: downstep is fixed
 
===2ndary rhotacization===
/z/ > /r/ / _C[+voiced, not /z/]
 
[[Category:Diachronics]]

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