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|'''Lenition of the velar plosive */k/''' to a new consonant, */x/ [x] (probably [h] in some environments) — *ʼnakis "strength" > *ðaxis > ''fais'' | |'''Lenition of the velar plosive */k/''' to a new consonant, */x/ [x] (probably [h] in some environments) — *ʼnakis "strength" > *ðaxis > ''fais'' | ||
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|''' | |'''*/ɔe/ > */ɔj/; */eɔ/ > */jɔ/''' — *teɸnɔe "speech, language" > *tepɔj > ''tepōi'' "language"; *leɔ "that" > *ljɔ > ''liō'' "(s)he/it, this/that" | ||
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|''' | |'''Hiatus epenthesis'''. The epentheme is */n/ if at least one of the vowels is */a/ and neither is */u/, unless there is a neighboring */n/ already present, in which case it is instead */j/. Otherwise, a new consonant, */w/, breaks the hiatus: | ||
* | * */VV/ > */VnV/ — *ð-a-ɔ-m-sats "in the perspective of going towards" > *ðanɔmsats > ''falusats'' "hello (polite)" | ||
* */VV/ > */VjV/ — *nɔam "we (inclusive or dual)" > *nɔjam > ''nōiav'' "we (inclusive)" | |||
* */VV/ > */VwV/ — *aue "you (plural)" > *awuwe > ''avuve'' | |||
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|''' | |'''Merging of */j/ to */i/''' | ||
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|''' | |In closed syllables, and when permitted by phonotactics, the '''reduction of the diphthong */iɔ/ into */iw/''' | ||
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|''' | |'''Appearance of the closed vowel''', phonemicising the reduced, nasal [[allophone]] */ɵ/ of */ɔ/ between nasal consonants — *ð-a-ɔ-m-sats "in the perspective of going towards" > *ðanɵmsats > ''falusats'' "hello (polite)" | ||
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