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====Phonological processes==== | |||
Tsan has a deceivingly shallow orthography, and it is important to note that there are a few consonantal processes that are not only commonplace in the language, but compulsory. | |||
=====Nasalisation===== | |||
The most common process is that of nasalisation of historical syllable final nasal stops, that is, '''m''' /m/ and '''n''' /n/. In the Tsan language, these phonemes have been completely lost in all but the word initial positions and only exist there dialectally. As such, intervocalic nasals nasalise the preceding vowel as well, leaving a glottal stop in its place. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||