Ancient Tevvic: Difference between revisions

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*/wu/ > /u/
*/wu/ > /u/
*/VjV, VwV/ > /V:/
*/VjV, VwV/ > /V:/
*unstressed /i, u, ɑ/ > /ə/, leaving /ʲ, ʷ/ on following consonant, with the last turning consonants retroflex (doesn't affect approximants)
*unstressed /i, u, ɑ/ > /ə/, leaving /ʲ, ʷ/ on following consonant, with the last turning consonants retroflex (doesn't affect approximants or affricates)
** this palatal/labialization often affects the vowel and is then dropped
** this palatal/labialization often affects the vowel and is then dropped
*/ə/ lost where new clusters are easy
*/ə/ lost where new clusters are easy