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**Earlier /ʝ/ and /ç/ (from fricatization of original /i, e/ before other vowels) behaves as an obstruent in this situation, causing a preceding fricative to become a stop. They also become postalveolar after dental stops. | **Earlier /ʝ/ and /ç/ (from fricatization of original /i, e/ before other vowels) behaves as an obstruent in this situation, causing a preceding fricative to become a stop. They also become postalveolar after dental stops. | ||
**The former also applies to /f/ and /v/ from fricatization of original /u/ before a vowel. | **The former also applies to /f/ and /v/ from fricatization of original /u/ before a vowel. | ||
*Assimilation of ''s'' to following consonant in consonant clusters (except word-initially, where metathesis occurs instead). | *Assimilation of ''s'' to following voiceless consonant in consonant clusters (except word-initially, where metathesis occurs instead). | ||
**/ç/ (from fricatization of original /i, e/ after /s/ before other vowels) behaves as an obstruent in this situation, becoming a stop /c/. /sc/ then assimilates to /c/ intervocalically, while metathesizing to /kʃ/ initially. | **/ç/ (from fricatization of original /i, e/ after /s/ before other vowels) behaves as an obstruent in this situation, becoming a stop /c/. /sc/ then assimilates to /c/ intervocalically, while metathesizing to /kʃ/ initially. | ||
**/f/ (from fricatization of original /u/ in the above positions) similarly becomes a stop /p/, which merges with /s/ intervocalically and metathesizes to /ps/ initially. | **/f/ (from fricatization of original /u/ in the above positions) similarly becomes a stop /p/, which merges with /s/ intervocalically and metathesizes to /ps/ initially. | ||
**Loss of /s/ in /s/ + voiced consonant clusters | |||
*In obstruent + nasal clusters: | *In obstruent + nasal clusters: | ||
**Intervocalically: obstruent becomes nasal | **Intervocalically: obstruent becomes nasal | ||