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Lenition occurred of obstruents after historically long vowels (Kämpya lost its phonemic vowel length contrast). Labial obstruents lenited to /ⱱ/ e.g. /pʰ/, /p/, /b/, /f/, /v/ became /ⱱ/ e.g. /là̤ⱱ/ - "laugh". Coronal consonants lenited to /ɾ/ e.g. /déˈpʰâ̰ɾ/ - "depart". Dorsal consonants lenited to /h/ e.g. /dáʔh/ - "darkness". | Lenition occurred of obstruents after historically long vowels (Kämpya lost its phonemic vowel length contrast). Labial obstruents lenited to /ⱱ/ e.g. /pʰ/, /p/, /b/, /f/, /v/ became /ⱱ/ e.g. /là̤ⱱ/ - "laugh". Coronal consonants lenited to /ɾ/ e.g. /déˈpʰâ̰ɾ/ - "depart". Dorsal consonants lenited to /h/ e.g. /dáʔh/ - "darkness". | ||
Clusters of Stop + /t/ were simplified to /t/ e.g. /ˈdóʔtà/ - "doctor". | |||
Except in the above cases, /t/ was lost word finally e.g. /béiʔ/ - "belt". | |||
Word final alveolar affricates became stops e.g. /ˈbwḭ̂d/ - "bridge". | |||
/l/ was lost when not before a vowel e.g. /tʰṵ̂/ - "tool". | /l/ was lost when not before a vowel e.g. /tʰṵ̂/ - "tool". | ||