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 ===Laws of Elision===
-Syncope: in a word with three syllables or more, the middle unstressed syllable is lost (except if its sonority value is higher than its antecedant)
+Apocape (I): in a word with three syllables or more, the initial unstressed syllable is lost if it lacks an onset or a long vowel
-EX: datasyú > dasyl
-Apocape: in a word with three syllables or more, the initial unstressed syllable is lost (except if its sonority value is higher than its posterior)
+agalala > *galala > galba
-EX: apâla > pāl
-Aphaeresis: in a word with three syllables or more, the last unstressed syllable is lost (except if it has coda). Also, the last consonant or consonantal cluster (regardless of the number of syllables in a word) is lost.
+Syncope (A): in a word with three syllables or more, the middle unstressed syllable is lost if it is not closed by a coda or possesses a long vowel
-EX: avâla > vāl
+EX: datasiú > dazy, but *sakastam > *agasta
+Aphaeresis: in a word with three syllables or more, the last unstressed syllable is lost if lacks a coda or a long vowel
+EX: sakasta > agast
+*ORDER: following the priorities ... If a trisyllabic word does not at first delete an initial unstressed syllable,
+''asakata'' > *_sakata > *sa_ta > ''ada'' "philosophy"
 ===Laws of Epenthesis===