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|'''Spiration of voiceless fricatives''': The non-sibilant voiceless fricatives, */ɸ/, */þ/, and */h/, widely merge onto */h/, with some exceptions: | |'''Spiration of voiceless fricatives''': The non-sibilant voiceless fricatives, */ɸ/, */þ/, and */h/, widely merge onto */h/, with some exceptions: | ||
* When */ɸ/ is adjacent to palatalization or the vowel */e/, it instead becomes */j/, probably at first [ç] — *teɸnɔe "speech, language" > *djeɸna > *djejna > ''dyela'' "to say" | * When */ɸ/ is adjacent to palatalization or the vowel */e/, it instead becomes */j/, probably at first [ç] — *teɸnɔe "speech, language" > *djeɸna > *djejna > ''dyela'' "to say" | ||
*A single example exists where */ɸ/ was preserved, later merging to */b/ — *ɸa "father" > ''banji'' "father", ''belaji'' "boy", ''banya'' "city" | |||
* This sound change coincides with the next one. | * This sound change coincides with the next one. | ||
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** Resulting triphthongs are simplified: | ** Resulting triphthongs are simplified: | ||
** */t(C)ejn/ */d(C)jejn/ > */d(C)jen/ — *teɸnɔe "speech, language" > *djejna > *djena > ''dyela'' "to say" | ** */t(C)ejn/ */d(C)jejn/ > */d(C)jen/ — *teɸnɔe "speech, language" > *djejna > *djena > ''dyela'' "to say" | ||
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|'''Nasal harmony''': A plosive at the end of a consonant cluster and with a neighboring nasal stop becomes a nasal stop — *(C)CPVN > *(C)CNVN, where C is any consonant, V is any vowel, P is any plosive, and N is any nasal consonant — *čtɔb tjɔya "dull sun(light)" > *čtamdjaya > *čnamdjaya > ''cheundala'' "yellow" | |'''Nasal harmony''': A plosive at the end of a consonant cluster and with a neighboring nasal stop becomes a nasal stop — *(C)CPVN > *(C)CNVN, where C is any consonant, V is any vowel, P is any plosive, and N is any nasal consonant — *čtɔb tjɔya "dull sun(light)" > *čtamdjaya > *čnamdjaya > ''cheundala'' "yellow" | ||