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==Diachronics== | ==Diachronics== | ||
===Phonological history=== | ===Phonological history=== | ||
*ə > 0 after aspirated consonants. This makes the voicing alternation in the Classical Wdm. spirants ''f'' and ''th'' phonemic; the /ɣ/ allophone disappears, lengthens the preceding vowel. | |||
*r > ɹ | |||
*ł > ś, ş > ṣ | |||
===Grammatical history=== | ===Grammatical history=== | ||
*Aspect and trigger largely become derivational devices, cf. the development of PIE aspects and Semitic binyanim. | *Aspect and trigger largely become derivational devices, cf. the development of PIE aspects and Semitic binyanim. | ||