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Nurian made more Maltese + Latvian + Sámi + Old English; modern Bjeheondian sprachbund features such as dental vs retro and uvular R

Windermere: brits Nur

as syncope heavy as Maltese

mh nh ngh > pm tn kng clusters

Fem ending becomes -a

PTal *ph > f rather than 0 as in all the other Talmic branches (because Maltese/Old English)

ŧ đ for dental stops, t d for alv/retro stops; t d should color preceding e to eo etc. like r would in Old English

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Kakarai ħausį gatthāną kaθ θeθeivų di khussiū kat iġġiatū; ammimīdīnį nai ȝabbī kad dȳkaluttī, ṡiūȝą danθū hieθariākah ħaibatthah di helą venghimę. -> Lēag xaxra ħēasla gthēonu x sŧāwu z ħusciu x iġeđ. Amīdn nā għeabi x dīħlead, scīegħu deonŧhu hīeđarzēoħ ħāfath z eolu heonkmi.

i e/a u ī ē ā ū ie uo ai au > e æ/a o i īe ēo ý īe ū ā ēa (many of these shifts mirror Proto-Ntg > Modern Ntg changes)

new ē from compensatory lengthening/new short versions of long vowels from umlaut/coloring/...

t bar (bc Sami) instead of ŧ?

Phonology

Modern Nurian has a typologically unusual distinction between dental and alveolar stops and between many types of fricatives:

• t d = alveolar stops
• th = alveolar spirants (slit fricatives, often pronounced as Welsh ll)
• ŧ đ = (unaspirated) dental stops
• ŧh = dental spirants
• s z = dental/alveolar sibilants
• ṡ ż = postalvelar sibilants

Vowels: <a e i/y o u æ ie ea eo> /A e i o u æ iə~y ea eo~ø/ all with short and long counterparts

Consonants: <p ŧ t c ċ ķ k b đ d dz ġ ģ g m n ņ ng hw f ŧh th s ṡ ch w v z ż għ ħ ł l ļ r> /p t(dental) t ts tS c k b d(dental) d dz dZ J g m n ñ ŋ hw f θ θ(ret) s S x w v z Z ʕ ħ h l(dental, velarized) l λ r(uvular)/